Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with The coup general, Khalifa Haftar, after refusing to obtain it off his plane in Tripoli, according to a statement by the ministry.
The Libyan Foreign Minister was Najla al-Mankoush left waiting on Tripoli airport runway when Dendias refused to get off his plane and instead Flew on to me second city Benghazi, where a rival administration controls.
Athena blamed the accident on Tripoli, where Dendias was to meet B head of The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Libyan Presidential Council, Muhammad al-Munfi, did not meet with executive members.
Dendias’ visit comes to the North African country, which is politically divided after Libya, which is based in Tripoli government signed a note of Understanding with Turkey over exploration for Mediterranean oil and gas that Athens bitterly contests.
Mangosh was waiting on tarmac to welcome Dendias’in save with A statement from her ministry said that “diplomatic norms.”
But “in Surprising and insulting move greek minister He refused to get off his plane left without any explanations added.
Mongoush’s ministry said it would take “appropriate diplomatic measures”. in Response.
Shortly thereafter, she recalled her ambassador from Athens and summoned his Greek counterpart in Tripoli government The spokesman, Muhammad Hammouda, told Al-Ahrar TV news Channel.
“The meeting is about ensuring stability in Libya”, according to the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Greek media The sources said that Dendias’ plane took off from Tripoli to Benghazi via Malta because Libya did not agree to the flight plan.
A spokesman for the Libyan ministry, Mohamed Hammouda, told Anadolu Agency that it had summoned the Greek charge d’affaires in Tripoli.
In November 2019, Turkey and Libya signed a maritime delimitation agreement that provides a law framework To prevent any fait accompli from the countries of the region. Accordingly, the Greek attempts government To fit bulky portions of The continental shelf of Libya, when it was a political crisis hit The country located in North Africa in 2011, it was averted.
the agreement also He stressed that Turkey and Libya are two maritime neighbors. The demarcation starts from Fethiye – Marmaris – Kaş on The southwestern coast of Turkey and extends to the coast of Derna – Tobruk – Bordia of Libya.
In response, Greece and Egypt signed an agreement in 2020, designate an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean, which Turkey said it was encroaching on on its own continental shelf and overlap with approved marine areas with Libya.
However, Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeiba said his country is committed to the maritime agreement with Turkey continues, as he said, to benefit the Libyans.
“We don’t get along with Greece in Evaluate the Libyan-Turkish maritime agreement that serves the Libyans and (therefore) we will not abandon it. in mayo.
Libya has been in chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi. in 2011 and the country was divided between a state supported by the United Nations government in The capital, Tripoli, and the competing authorities loyal to putschist General Khalifa Haftar in the East.
Haftar fired a military offensive in 2019 to capture DC, a campaign Supported by Egypt, UAE, Russia and France. But his career on Tripoli in the end failed in June 2020 after Turkey sent troops to support internationally recognized governmentWhich also support was of Qatar and Italy.
Subsequent UN-sponsored peace talks led to a halt-fire last October and temporary installation government it is expected that lead The country is in the December 2021 elections, but the Libyan parliament has yet failed to agree on Lawful framework to hold elections.
