Mitsotakis at Sinai Monastery for the enthronement of the new Archbishop: The message sent by the Greece-Egypt agreement

After respective months of tension, behind-the-scenes negotiations, and nationalist statement that astatine times tested the strategically important narration betwixt Greece and Egypt, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is traveling to the Monastery of Saint Catherine astatine Mount Sinai to be the enthronement of the caller Archbishop Simeon aboriginal today.

It is worthy noting that Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis had attended Archbishop Simeon’s ordination a fewer weeks agone successful Jerusalem.

Mitsotakis’ sojourn to the historical monastery comes conscionable days aft the announcement of a caller agreement betwixt Greece and Egypt, which yet resolves the long-standing contented concerning the monastery’s status. The enthronement of Archbishop Simeon was considered a cardinal measurement successful moving forward, arsenic the Sinai Brotherhood volition present beryllium called upon to endorse the look reached by Athens and Cairo pursuing extended discussions.

The statement was archetypal announced by the Prime Minister successful Parliament during a peculiar statement connected nationalist issues, held astatine his ain inaugural pursuing requests from the opposition.

According to authorities sources, Mitsotakis’ beingness astatine the ceremony sends a beardown connection astir Greece’s committedness to preserving the centuries-old spiritual and taste identity of the monastery — a beacon of Orthodoxy with planetary significance.

While successful Sinai, Mitsotakis volition clasp an archetypal gathering with Archbishop Simeon, arsenic good arsenic with Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem. During his discussions with the Sinai Brotherhood, the Prime Minister is expected to outline the cardinal aspects of the preliminary knowing reached betwixt Athens and Cairo, which the Brotherhood volition besides request to formally approve.

In a broader discourse of strengthening Greek–Egyptian strategical ties, Mitsotakis volition besides respond to an invitation from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to be the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum successful Giza connected Saturday — a landmark taste event.

The 2 leaders precocious had a little gathering successful Brussels, during an EU–Egypt moving dinner, wherever President al-Sisi praised Greece’s pivotal relation successful deepening Cairo’s relations with the European Union.