Libya’s Government of National Unity on Sunday summoned home its ambassador in Athens for consultation, in response to recent diplomatic controversy with Greece after the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias refused to get off the plane during an aborted visit to the capital Tripoli last week. “Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush summoned Ambassador (Hamed Bashir) Al-Mabrouk for consultation to clarify the diplomatic issue caused by Greek minister Dendias on Thursday, Nov. 17,” said a statement by the Tripoli-based Foreign Ministry. “Foreign Minister Mangoush asked Libya’s Ambassador to Athens to issue a protest note to the Greek authorities to clarify the behavior of Foreign Minister Dendias,” it added. “Such unconsidered behaviors have repercussions that jeopardize Libya’s confidence and stability, and indirectly invite division in the country,” the statement said. He refused, however, to disembark from his plane in Tripoli when his Libyan counterpart, Najla Mangoush, came to the airport to greet him.

Source: Libya Today November 21, 2022 08:23 UTC