Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Tuesday that an Italian man is unaccounted for in Turkey after Monday's earthquakes that killed thousands of people.
"The foreign ministry's crisis unit has tracked down all the Italians that were in the earthquake zone. Except One," Tajani said via Twitter.
"They are still looking for one of our compatriots, who was in Turkey for work.
"The foreign ministry has not been able to make contact with him so far".
Later on Tuesday Tajani told Rai television that the unaccounted for man was Angelo Zen from the province of Vicenza.
"We are in constant contact with the family," he said.
Zen, 50, is a consultant specialising in machines for jewel making who was last heard from on Sunday.
He is originally from Saronno in the province of Varese north of Milan but lives at Martellago near Venice, according to local media.
He has been working in Turkey these past weeks but his family were unable to say exactly where.
His family have requested that his case be handled with discretion.
Tajani has said Italy has been in touch with the Turkish civil protection department about him. |
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