ROME (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 31st March, 2021) Italy sees the situation around the detention of the Russian military diplomat on espionage suspicions as an extremely serious hostile act, Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio said on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, Italy's gendarmerie detained the Russian military diplomat and a captain of the Italian navy after the latter allegedly provided classified documents in exchange for money. The Italian officer was arrested. Rome declared two Russian diplomats persona non grata over the incident.
"This is an extremely serious hostile act, therefore we have implemented necessary measures immediately," Di Maio told the Italian parliament.
