Less than 48 hours after Athens and Greek media picked up
Less than 48 hours after Athens and Greek media picked up on a decision by the Libyan House of Representatives to create a “study” committee on a maritime deal signed by a previous Tripoli-based provisional government with Turkey, a report on Wednesday by Middle East Eye has Greece seeking Egyptian intervention to prevent the Khalifa Haftar-controlled east from ratifying the agreement.
The timing of the report, which the news site bills as an “exclusive”, coincides with the same-day visit to Cairo by Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, which was hastily arranged due to a serious judicial challenge by the Egyptian state threatening the venerable Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine of Sinai.
Nevertheless, the prospect of a ratification of the agreement – considered as illegal by Greece, among others – by the east Libya legislature controlled by General Haftar generated a diplomatic and media commotion in Athens. The article, bylined by Sean Mathews and Ragip Soylu, stated that Gerapetritis is expected to broach the issue with
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