FILE PHOTO: An entrance to the North Korean Embassy in Rome, Italy, January 3, 2019. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo
ROME (Reuters) - Italy warned on Wednesday there would be consequences to pay if there was any truth to reports that the daughter of a missing North Korean diplomat had been abducted from Rome and whisked to Pyongyang.
"If confirmed, this would be of unprecedented gravity," said Manlio Di Stefano, undersecretary at the Italian foreign ministry. "Those responsible for this will pay, you can be sure of that," he wrote on Facebook.
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