Venezuela, Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò freed | EUROtoday

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Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò, two of the Italians detained in Venezuelan prisons, have been launched. They are positioned within the Italian embassy in Caracas. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has simply spoken to them. This was introduced by the Farnesina.

«Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò are free and are on the Italian embassy in Caracas», the Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, introduced this morning. «I’ve simply communicated this to the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, who has all the time adopted the matter firsthand», continues Tajani in a put up printed on his X account. «I spoke with our two compatriots, who’re in good situation. They will quickly return to Italy. Their launch is a powerful sign from the interim president Delcy «Rodriguez that the Italian authorities significantly appreciates», concludes the Foreign Minister.

At the embassy ready for a aircraft to return

Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò are presently in circumstances of freedom within the Italian embassy in Venezuela in Caracas. The two Italian ex-prisoners have been launched by determination of the Venezuelan Rodriguez authorities and can return to their homeland on a state aircraft that has already taken off from Italy to select them up. The two Italians had a phone dialog from the embassy with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.

Tajani: they’re high quality, in Italy between tonight and tomorrow morning

«A aircraft has already left Rome, I imagine that between tonight and tomorrow morning Trentini and Burlò shall be in our nation». Thus the deputy prime minister and overseas minister Antoni Tajani spoke on SkyTg24 after the discharge of Alberto Trentini and Mario Burlò. “They are fine – he added – I spoke with them as soon as they arrived at the Italian diplomatic headquarters in Caracas, they are obviously very happy but I found them to be in good spirits, we are very happy with this result obtained, the result of a great deal of hidden work in connection with the family with the direct commitment of the Prime Minister”.

The household: it is the information we have been ready for for 423 days, we thank everybody

«Alberto is lastly free! This is the information we have been ready for 423 days! We thank all those that made his liberation doable, even by working in invisibility.” This was stated by the Trentini family, with their lawyer Alessandra Ballerini. «All these months of imprisonment have left wounds in Alberto and in us who love him that are difficult to heal, now we will need time to spend in intimacy to recover. We thank everyone for being close to us, but we ask you to respect our silence and confidentiality. There will be time to find the right words to tell the facts and ascertain responsibility. Today we only want peace. Thank you!”, add the Trentinos.