Italy recalls India envoy in marine murder trial row
BBC | Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Italy has recalled its ambassador to India in a continuing dispute with Delhi over two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen.
The foreign ministry said Daniele Mancini would fly to Rome immediately because of "yet another unacceptable, deliberate delay" in the courts.
The Supreme Court was due to hear the case on Tuesday but it was postponed.
Italy was already angered by an Indian decision to try the two men for the 2012 killings under an anti-piracy law.The marines said they mistook the fishermen for pirates.
In a statement, the foreign ministry in Rome said: "The Italian government has decided the immediate recall to Rome of its ambassador to New Delhi, Daniele Mancini, for consultations."