As NIA prepares to file a charge sheet against two Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, a Parliamentary delegation from Italy has requested diplomats from European Union here to facilitate an "appropriate" solution to the issue.
The 16-member delegation led by the Senate's Chairman of the Committees on External Affairs Pier Ferdinando Casini held talks with European Union ambassador and number of EU diplomats seeking their support on the issue.
Home Ministry has already given sanction to NIA to prosecute the marines under Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act (SUA). The SUA provides for death penalty.
The delegation, in a statement, said they came here to express the strong support and solidarity of the Italian Parliament towards the two officers.
Italian marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were on board Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' and now lodged in Italian Embassy premises here, allegedly shot dead the two fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012.
