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Sunday, July 12, 2015
After bombing, Italian PM hails Egypt’s Sissi
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi hails Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi as the only leader who can “save” Egypt, after a deadly car bomb attack on Rome’s consulate in Cairo.
He also vows that Italy would not be “intimidated” after Saturday’s attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed one civilian and injured nine more people.
“I think el-Sissi is a great leader,” Renzi says in an interview with Al-Jazeera television broadcast Sunday.
“Let me be very frank. In this moment Egypt will be saved only with the leadership of el-Sissi,” Renzi says in English.
“This is my personal position and I am proud of my friendship with him and I will support him in the direction of peace because the Mediterranean without Egypt will be absolutely a place without peace.”
— AFP
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