Why the Greek minister of Overseas Affairs didn’t need to get off the airplane in Tripoli

Nikos Dendias, the Greek minister of Overseas Affairs determined to remain on the airplane in Tripoli as a result of he didn’t need to meet the minister of Overseas Affairs of the Libyan interim authorities who got here to the airport.

Greek Minister of Overseas Affairs Nikos Dendias on November 17 determined to remain on the airplane in Tripoli and refused to fulfill the minister of Overseas Affairs of the interim authorities of Libya.

In a press assertion, the Greek ministry defined the journey was canceled as a result of the Libyan Ministry of Overseas Affairs of the interim authorities “did not respect the settlement made that Mr. Dendias wouldn’t meet with the Libyan Overseas Minister.”

Mr. Dendias was scheduled to fulfill Mohamed al-Menfi, chairman of the Libyan Presidential Council, equal to the top of State of Libya, in Tripoli. However on the airport was Naila Mangus the minister of Overseas Affairs of the Authorities of Nationwide Unity, the transitional authorities of Libya, ready to welcome him.

In his agenda, the minister was speculated to journey to Tripoli after which head to Benghazi in japanese Libya. The journey to Tripoli was not initially deliberate however Mohammed al-Menfi requested for a gathering, based on information media in Greece. Nevertheless, the Greek minister solely wished to fulfill Mr al-Menfi and nobody from the interim authorities.

Greece doesn’t need to meet authorities members as a result of the nation considers, together with the European Union, the USA and the United Nations safety council, that the time period for the interim authorities has expired and its solely energy now’s to arrange delayed democratic elections in Libya.

In a press release on Twitter, the ministry of Overseas Affairs of Libya thought-about the minister was ready to obtain Mr. Dendias “based on diplomatic norms.“ It added the ministry “deplores this conduct and can take acceptable diplomatic measures to protect the status and sovereignty of the State of Libya.”

Mr al-Menfi had tried to droop Ms. Mangus in 2021 as a result of she didn’t coordinate with the presidential council concerning international coverage. And based on the Greek information media Iefimerida, a tv crew accompanied Ms. Mangus, which the Greek minister noticed as an try to make use of the pictures on the expense of Greece.

Agreements between Libya and Turkey

As a result of Ms Mangus can also be the one who signed in October a memorandum of understanding with Turkey that Greece rejects. Relations between Turkey and Greece are very tense.

This Libya-Turkey memorandum on hydrocarbons relies on a bilateral settlement from 2019 when Libya and Turkey outlined sharing a maritime border and delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas within the Mediterranean. However Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt are towards this determination because it takes elements of their Unique Financial Zones. The European Union said such an settlement “infringes upon the sovereign rights of third States, doesn’t adjust to the Legislation of the Sea and can’t produce any authorized penalties for third States.”

Mohammed al-Menfi was the Libyan ambassador to Greece when the Libyan-Turkish settlement on maritime boundaries was signed in 2019. He was then expelled from Greece in December 2019 as a consequence of the tensions between Greece and Libya.

The Home of Representatives rejected the current transfer contemplating the federal government has no such energy to signal agreements with different nations. Relocated from Tripoli to japanese Libya due to a failed coup try in 2014, the Home of Representatives handed a no-confidence movement towards the federal government of Tripoli in 2021, which ought to result in legislative elections.

Due to all this, Nikos Dendias then determined to not get off the airplane in Tripoli and headed to Benghazi, within the east of the nation as deliberate. There, he introduced 30,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine that Greece donated to Libya. His agenda additionally contains an occasion presenting Greece’s contribution to the UN World Meals Programme for the rebuilding of the port of Benghazi, and a gathering with members of the Greek group in Libya.

He additionally met members of the Home of representatives in addition to Marshal Khalifa Haftar who plans to run within the presidential election. He’s the commander of the Libyan Nationwide Military which is linked to the Home of Representatives and the Authorities of Nationwide Stability, a authorities based mostly in east Libya disputing the facility of the Authorities of Nationwide Unity based mostly in Tripoli.

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