INDIA SEEKS MORE SECURITY FOR EMBASSY IN ITALY AFTER HATE MAILS
NEW DELHI: India on Friday said it has urged Italy to provide more security to its embassy in Rome after the mission reported receiving hate mails and a live bullet in connection with the ongoing case involving two Italian marines charged with killing Indian fishermen.
Stating that India takes such incidents very seriously and it was a “matter of concern,” Syed Akbaruddin, spokesperson in the external affairs ministry (MEA) said, “We have sensitised our friends in Italy and hope that necessary measures will be taken to ensure safety and security”.
He added that the Centre was in touch with the Italian government at various levels, including “at very senior level,” on the issue.
The MEA spokesperson added, “We had previously undertaken a review of our embassy in Rome to ensure that security measures are in place. But as you are aware it is the responsibility of the host country to ensure security under Vienna Convention (to foreign missions).”
Italian government has expressed its disappointment over the slow pace of trial of its two marines, Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone ,charged with killing two Indian fishermen in February 2012 and recalled its Ambassador in New Delhi Daniele Mancini for consultations earlier this week. The Italian foreign ministry had also summoned the Indian envoy in Rome, Basant Kumar Gupta, on the issue.