Rome: Two Italian marines charged with killing two Kerala fishermen in sea waters last year will stay back in Italy as New Delhi does not have jurisdiction over the case, the foreign ministry of Italy announced on Monday.
"Italy has always argued that Indian authorities have violated their obligations under international law...especially the principle of immunity from trial by the organs of a foreign state and the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The decision not to send Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who had been allowed to come home to vote and meet their families, back to India was taken by Italy's defence and justice ministries in consultation with the prime minister's office, the statement said.
The Italian government had given an undertaking in the Supreme Court that Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone will return to India after the voting. Since the Supreme Court had allowed the marines to go to Italy for voting, it now has the responsibility to take suo moto cognizance of the event.
Though the marines came back the first time, what was feared has now come true.
Italy claims the incident occurred in international waters and has been trying to get Latorre and Girone tried in Italian courts, while India contends the shooting occurred in its own territory.
"Italy has always argued that Indian authorities have violated their obligations under international law...especially the principle of immunity from trial by the organs of a foreign state and the United Nation Convention on the Law of the Sea," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
The decision not to send Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who had been allowed to come home to vote and meet their families, back to India was taken by Italy's defence and justice ministries in consultation with the prime minister's office, the statement said.
The Italian government had given an undertaking in the Supreme Court that Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone will return to India after the voting. Since the Supreme Court had allowed the marines to go to Italy for voting, it now has the responsibility to take suo moto cognizance of the event.
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Though the marines came back the first time, what was feared has now come true.
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Italy claims the incident occurred in international waters and has been trying to get Latorre and Girone tried in Italian courts, while India contends the shooting occurred in its own territory.
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