El Sisi meets Italian parliamentary delegation

Egypt is committed to cooperating with Italy on the investigation of Italian student Giulio Regeni’s murder last year, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi told an Italian parliamentary delegation visiting Cairo yesterday, according to an emailed Ittihadiya statement (pdf). El Sisi’s statement comes amid complaints that Cairo has been stalling the investigation, causing Rome to withdraw its ambassador in Cairo, Reuters notes. Meanwhile, Italy recently passed a new law on torture, but Human Rights Watch says the legislation’s loopholes reduce its credibility in demanding justice for Regeni.