With satisfaction it was accepted by Athens the nightlife clarifications by the Egyptian government that it is not going to be affected by its religious status Monastery of St. Catherine of Sinaialthough government sources make it clear that the Egyptian government should implement its commitments and complete the pregnant agreement on definitive protection of the character of the monastery.
The thriller that evolved from noon and then emerged after yesterday’s decision of the Ismail Court of Appeal which decides negatively for a significant part of the monastery’s property and “lit fires”, resulting in the government in a crisis management regime. And while the phones were “lit”, the Foreign Ministry and its Presidency Egypt They attempted to have fun impressions.
“The Presidency of the Republic reaffirms its full commitment to maintain the unique and sacred religious regime of the Monastery of St. Catherine and not to harm this regime and confirms that the recent court ruling consolidates this regime,” her spokesman said, “her spokesman said,” Presidency of Egypt in the evening post while the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs A statement to the Mena agency clarified that the sacred character of the monastery is protected and recognized through the decision, noting that monks can use religious and archaeological sites in the area. In fact, there was an official announcement by the Presidency of Egypt.
The Egyptian Reversal Company of impressions created both in Greece and internationally It also came as a result of Greek resignations at a higher level. According to his information protothema.grthroughout the afternoon the Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis He was in line with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the Presidency of Egypt, in order to substantiate exactly what the court ruling is saying and to have a clarification from his neighbor. Reportedly, conversation of Kyriakou Mitsotakis With President Mr. Al -Sisi It has not been, but today it is not excluded that there will be any contact.
The commitments
The mobilization of diplomatic circles However, it does not negate the fact that there was a surprise on the Greek side by the court ruling. And this is because all the past time and even During his recent visit to the Maximos Palacethe President of Egypt, Mr al-Sisi, provided assurances that it is a matter of time for a Greece-Egypt agreement to protect the Greek Orthodox character of the monastery. The issue is the subject of personal interest by Mr Mitsotakis, who had visited the Sinai Monastery for the first time decades ago, along with his father Konstantinos Mitsotakis.
Government sources Yesterday they insisted that there was no question of confiscation of the monastery, nor its suspension, although it remains to be seen what the monks’ status will be, given that there is the monastery of the monastery. The same sources said that the court ruling concerns a limited part of the monastery’s property, and in particular some parcels, for which the monastery had no ownership titles, with the monks arguing that the establishment of the Egyptian state is far later in the ecclesiastical period.
In any case, in their yesterday’s statements, Egyptian officials clarified in all tones that the “brotherly” Greek -Egyptian relations do not want to be affected.
The reactions
The first information on the court ruling, as well as statements by representatives of the monastery to convert it into a museum “lit fires” inside the country. Archbishop Hieronymus did the beginningwho spoke of a sacred fall and called on the government to take initiatives while Former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras followed who accused the government of international disobedience. All the opposition parties followed, and a series of ND officials demanded diplomatic and international initiatives. Among them Dora Bakoyannisthe Dimitris Avramopoulosthe Euripides Stylianidisthe Maximos Harakopoulosthe Stelios Petsas coke.
Superior diplomatic source, however protothema.gr Late in the evening, in the wake of Egyptian assurances, that the evolution is “shameful for those who without reading the decision were in a hurry to raise the banner of the revolution”.