Mitsotakis, El-Sisi on Monastery

Politics 30 May 2025 19:00

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Friday to discuss the future of the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine of Sinai. They reviewed the Egyptian court's recent decision on the monastery's ownership. Mitsotakis emphasized the importance of maintaining the monastery as a Greek Orthodox pilgrimage site and resolving the matter through established institutions. The leaders reaffirmed their previous agreements and set a meeting for June 2 in Egypt to finalize the issue, CE Report quotes Athens-Macedonian

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Mitsotakis, El-Sisi on Monastery

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