Govt confirmed only 2 people died, no need to call back Italian marines
After reviewing the response from Italian Foreign Ministry that the marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone will not return to India, India's External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that no need to call them back or put international pressure on Italy.
"I have gone through their response. As the damage is not that high, we think there is no need to waste our precious energy and resources to escalate the issues. A guy told me that only 2 Indians died and therefore we thought of taking the same stand that we took with Mr. Warren Anderson at the time of small Bhopal Gas issue," said Salman Khurshid.
Khurshid told reporter that damage was petty yaar, no need to give it wide coverage.
While many experts are taking humble stand for Italian marines, India said that it would not be very conventional in its approach.
"We welcome people from other countries, yaar. It's not like we tell them "ab aa to gaye ho lekin jaaoge kaise". Now they were our guests and sometime had to return to their homelands. It was Italy's internal issue; let that government sort it out. Right now we have a lot of work, arranging good run for Rahul Gandhi in 2014 elections. So wasting time in these matters would not really a good idea," said Salman Khurshid.
Khurshid said "We have dealt with USA successfully in Warren Anderson and David Headly issues. They were kept in US, even Headly was punished by the US courts."
The marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone got special permission by the Supreme Court to cast vote in last month's elections in Italy.
