The belief that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi will meet his public commitments in Athens on May 7, during his meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis for the Monastery of the Mount Sinai, and would not be in danger
As Mr Hadjivasiliou pointed out, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis, who is going to Cairo tomorrow, head of a large Greek team, will seek to complete the pending agreement that Greece had discussed with Egypt before the court ruling.
During the debate, on the ratification of two international conventions for refugees and the migration, in the relevant House committees, the Deputy Foreign Minister also referred to the issue of Sinai Monastery, initially criticizing the opposition’s stance, which he said, “he rushed to analyze a multi-day judgment”.
“It was the opposition that was in a hurry, before reading the texts, to be irresponsible and to make fiery reasons against the government.
The agreement and the court ruling are about 160 pages. It is a complex, technical text in Arabic, with extremely complex legal thoughts. Our full text came just on Friday and continues to be elaborated by the competent departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the guidance of Mr Gerapetritis.
It turns out that this decision accepts the monastery’s appeal for the legal possession of all worship areas by the monastery and the perpetual religious right to the sinking of the Greek Orthodox monks. However, this decision is not mentioned to date ownership of the monastery on non -worship. He says the monastery has no net ownership around non -worship spaces and obviously what was heard last week on monks’ extermination and confiscation of the monastery’s property, “Mr Hatzivasiliou said and added:
“Mr Gerapetritis goes to Cairo tomorrow, head of a large Greek team with executives and other ministries, such as culture, education, and will seek to complete the pending agreement that Greece had discussed with Egypt on this issue, before the court ruling.”
“No other government, such as the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has demonstrated such a study and such responsible deal with the issues of the Historical Monastery of the term Sinai, which is a beacon of the Orthodox world for all of us. I would say waiting to see what happens in the discussions and remind you that Mr al -Sisi himself during his stay in Athens at the Supreme Cooperation Council on May 7, made public commitments to the regime and protection of the Sinai Monastery and I am sure. He would not want to risk the relationship between brotherhood and positive cooperation with Athens, “concluded Mr. Hadjivasiliou.