ROME (Sputnik) – Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio requested on Tuesday to summon the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the ministry in Rome over the Boeing 767 overflight ban.
“On the instructions of Minister Luigi Di Maio, the Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry, Ambassador Ettore Sequi, has summoned today the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates, Omar Al Shamsi, to the Foreign Ministry. The Secretary General has expressed to the Ambassador his surprise and great disappointment for an unexpected gesture that is hard to understand,” the ministry said in a statement.
Reportedly, the Boeing 767 was forced to land in the port city of Dammam in Saudi Arabia, and then fly to Herat via a different route.
Relations between Rome and Abu Dhabi soured after Italy canceled permits for the export of missiles and aerial bombs to the UAE and Saudi Arabia in January. At the time, Di Maio stated that the Italian government made the decision on the basis of inalienable values and principles, including respect for human rights.
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