In a statement to ERT the Minister of Foreign Affairs George Gerapetritis He referred to the postponement of Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As Mr Gerapetritis said, “there was a scheduled meeting between the two leaders. It is obvious that there was a change of program because of the insatiable meetings that were extremely important. There has been an effort to be able to find the right time available, but that probably doesn’t thrive. There is no question of the dialogue to stop, the opposite of what we want to do with Turkey is to have a structured dialogue that will recognize the value of communication so that it does not produce judgments. There will be the opportunity in the coming period to be between the two leaders. “

Asked For the relationship with Egypt After meeting with his Egyptian counterpart, the Foreign Minister said that “with Egypt we have a strategic cooperation, which is very deep and developing over time. There are many issues both bilateral and peripherals. For us Egypt is a strategic partner And we will continue the effort to find common alliances, common policies to be able to develop.

In particular On the issue of St. Catherine Monastery of Mount Sinai I would like to say that after the ecclesiastical normalization in the internal administration of the monastery we continue the effort with my Egyptian counterpart, so that there is an agreement that will ensure the continuity and viability of the monastery, ensures its Greek Orthodox character. This is an extremely complex technical discussion is an issue that turns up for centuries. Our effort is to find the functional solution next time, so that the monastery can maintain its unchanging character. “