Italian senator Lucio Barani slams travel warning, calls to lift it

Italian Senator Lucio Barani, who heads of Italy’s Liberal Popular Alliance-Autonomies bloc, has openly criticized the Italian Foreign Ministry’s recent decision to issue a travel warning for Egypt, calling for it to be lifted.

Lucio Barani is currently heading a delegation visiting Cairo to discuss Egyptian-Italian relations. He said at a press conference on Sunday that he will call on Italian authorities to lift Egypt travel warnings and resume the sale of F-16 parts to Cairo. He added that an press conference will be held in Rome on Wednesday to discuss outcomes of the delegation’s visit. “Egypt and Italy should not continue paying the price for a terrorist act,” the Egyptian European Council’s Mohamed Abou El Enein said, referring to the murder of Cambridge PhD student Guilo Regeni in Cairo earlier this year.

Italian Senator Lucio Barani, who heads the Liberal Popular Alliance party, has openly criticized the Italian Foreign Ministry’s recent decision to issue a travel warning for Egypt, calling for it to be lifted.

Lucio Barani, leader of Italy’s Liberal Popular Alliance-Autonomies bloc, is heading a delegation visiting Cairo to discuss Egyptian-Italian relations. He said at a press conference on Sunday that he will call on Italian authorities to lift Egypt travel warnings and resume the sale of F-16 parts to Cairo. He added that an press conference will be held in Rome on Wednesday to discuss outcomes of the delegation’s visit. “Egypt and Italy should not continue paying the price for a terrorist act,” the Egyptian European Council’s Mohamed Abou El Enein said, referring to the murder of Cambridge PhD student Guilo Regeni in Cairo earlier this year.