The president of the European Commission has said the
issue of the Italian marines in India may have an “impact” on the
European Union-India relations and “will be assessed carefully”.
Jose
Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, met Italian
Prime Minister Enrico Letta in Brussels Wednesday and discussed the case
of the two Italian marines who are being held in India.
“A
point that Prime Minister Letta has raised with me and on which we have
been in close contact with the Italian authorities is the issue of the
Italian marines in India. The European Union (EU) continues to follow
the situation very closely,” Barroso told a joint press conference with
Letta afer the meeting.
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