Italian Defence Minister Giampaolo Di Paola said here on Sunday that he respects the Supreme Court and expects that the case of the two Marines who shot two Indian fishermen dead in February would be sorted.
Di Paola, a highly decorated retired naval admiral, arrived here along with a team of officials on Saturday night to meet the two Italian Marines currently out on bail. This is the second time Di Paola has met the Marines since the shooting at sea.
The Italian defence minister had in March this year met the two Marines in the Central Prison in the capital city.
‘They wish to celebrate Christmas with their parents and families, and we wish that happens,’ Di Paola said, expressing confidence that the whole issue would be resolved in keeping with international law.
On Friday, the two Marines had submitted a petition to the Kerala High Court that their bail conditions should be relaxed and they should be allowed to return to Italy to celebrate Christmas. The petition is expected to come up for hearing in court Tuesday.
Di Paola, a highly decorated retired naval admiral, arrived here along with a team of officials on Saturday night to meet the two Italian Marines currently out on bail. This is the second time Di Paola has met the Marines since the shooting at sea.
The Italian defence minister had in March this year met the two Marines in the Central Prison in the capital city.
‘They wish to celebrate Christmas with their parents and families, and we wish that happens,’ Di Paola said, expressing confidence that the whole issue would be resolved in keeping with international law.
On Friday, the two Marines had submitted a petition to the Kerala High Court that their bail conditions should be relaxed and they should be allowed to return to Italy to celebrate Christmas. The petition is expected to come up for hearing in court Tuesday.