The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Libyan National Unity Government said today, Thursday, that the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias refused to get off his plane upon his arrival at the airport of the capital, Tripoli, and he left from where he came without providing clarifications.
In a statement, the ministry expressed its dissatisfaction with this behavior, and said that Foreign Minister Naglaa Al -Mansoura was awaiting the arrival of its Greek counterpart at the airport in accordance with the diplomatic norms, after the government agreed to visit him, despite the crude policies, situations and balanced statements that the minister had pursued during the past days towards interests The Libyan state.
She added that the minister refused to get off the plane and left without providing clarifications, stressing that “it will take the appropriate diplomatic measures that preserve the state of Libya, its sovereignty and prestige.
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The Greek Foreign Ministry announced yesterday, Wednesday, that Dennedas will go to Libya today, Thursday, to meet the President of the Presidential Council, Mohamed Al -Mennafi in Tripoli, and the Speaker of Parliament Aqila Saleh in Benghazi, in addition to other officials in the state.
It is believed that the refusal of the Greek Foreign Minister to go out of his plane in the capital, Tripoli, is a reaction to the foreign policies pursued by the National Unity Government headed by Abdel Hamid Al -Dubba, especially after it signed an agreement with Turkey to explore for oil and gas in the Mediterranean, opposed by his country.
Earlier, the minister considered that this agreement was “illegal and destabilizing”, and said in repeated statements that “the Dubai government is not entitled to signing international agreements because it does not represent the Libyan people. “.
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