TRIPOLI: Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias snubbed his Libyan counterpart on Thursday, abandoning a planned visit to Tripoli to avoid being welcomed by the top diplomat of a government allied with Turkiye. Dendias visit to the nation comes after Libya’s Tripoli-based regime signed a deal with Ankara over exploration for Mediterranean oil and gas that is bitterly contested by Athens. But “in a surprising and insulting move, the Greek minister refused to disembark from his plane and left without any clarifications,” it added. Shortly afterwards, it recalled its ambassador from Athens and summoned his Greek counterpart in Tripoli, government spokesman Mohamad Hamouda told Al-Ahrar, a satellite news channel. But their meeting was “cancelled as the Libyan Foreign Ministry reneged on an agreement” that he would not meet Mangoush, according to a statement by the Greek Foreign Ministry.

Source: Libya Today November 17, 2022 20:54 UTC