Egypt, Italy strike major military deal despite Regeni case - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mohammad Hanafi

Mohammad Hanafi

Dec 15, 2020

Activists of human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) take part in a demonstration in Piazza Castello in Turin on January 25, 2020, to mark the fourth anniversary since the disappearance of Italian student Giulio Regeni. - Regeni, a 28-year-old Cambridge University PhD student from Italy, disappeared on January 25, 2016 in central Cairo, as police were out in force in anticipation of protests that day. His body was later found by the side of a road bearing signs of torture. He had been researchi — Activists of human rights organization Amnesty International take part in a demonstration in Piazza Castello in Turin on Jan. 25, 2020, to mark the fourth anniversary of the disappearance of Italian student Giulio Regeni. — MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images

CAIRO — Despite the differences between Egypt and Italy over the case of Giulio Regeni, an Italian student whose body was found in Cairo on Feb. 3, 2016, Italian newspapers recently reported that Rome agreed to a major military deal with Cairo.

According to experts and observers who spoke to Al-Monitor, military and economic cooperation between the two countries is steady and strong and unaffected by any differences.

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REFILE-CORRECTING BYLINE A man holds a placard during a vigil to commemorate Giulio Regeni, who was found murdered in Cairo a year ago, in downtown Rome, Italy January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi - RC15BEE20430

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