Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry has expressed the keenness of Egypt and Italy on identifying the killers of Italian PhD student Giulio Regeni in Egypt in January.

In a joint press conference with Burundian Foreign Minister Alain Nyamitwe, currently visiting Egypt, Shoukry said Regeni's file is not yet closed, saying cooperation continued with Italy on Regeni's file due to the special relations between the two countries.

He pointed out that Egypt responded positively to all Italian requests during the recent round of talks except one request which was against the country's constitution and laws.

The foreign minister added that the identification of Regeni's killers would take long time as happened with the file of late top prosecutor Hisham Barakat, which took one year to identify his killers.

Source : MENA