Minister's resignation is front-page news in India's main newspapers, but reported without commentaries. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid continues Delhi's balancing diplomatic act.

New Delhi (AsiaNews/Agencies) - The resignation of Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Giulio Terzi dominated the front pages of India's main national papers, The Times of India, The Hindu, Indian Express, Deccan Herald, and the Hindustan Times. Terzi quit because he disagreed with the Italian government's "decision to send the marines back to India". The two Italian soldiers, Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, are accused of killing two Indian fishermen.

"My reservations had no impact and the decision was not mine," Terzi told parliament. "My voice went unheard"; thus "I am [. . .] standing down in solidarity with our two marines and their families" and because "the reputation of the country, the armed forces and Italian diplomacy, should be safeguarded".

Meanwhile, in India the press reported Terzi's resignation without comments.

The government in Delhi also did not comment his decision, but maintained a low profile to tone down tensions at home and abroad.

A few days ago, when the marines came back in India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said he was satisfied of the way the diplomatic dispute was settled.

 

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