Mada Masr claims Egypt-Italy phone call before Regeni ruling, Palazzo Chigi denies it

The independent Egyptian website Mada Masr claims, citing a government source, that there was "a phone call between high-level Egyptian and Italian officials before the ruling on Regeni was pronounced to find a legal way out in line with the nature of relations between the two countries". Sources at Palazzo Chigi interviewed in this regard categorically deny the news reported by the site, calling it 'false'. And in this regard they recall that the last contact between Meloni and al-Sisi dates back to 23 July, on the occasion of the Egyptian national holiday.

In that conversation on 23 July - we read in the note released by the Italian government - the two leaders had taken stock of bilateral relations on a political and economic level and on the activities of the Mattei Plan, with particular reference to technical and professional training, as well as on common efforts to combat irregular migration. The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and diplomatic initiatives to restore freedom of navigation were also at the center of the meeting.