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Diplomatic incident puts spotlight on Athens-Tripoli relations

Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias’ planned visit last week to Tripoli, Libya, to meet the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed Menfi, ended before it even started when the Tripoli-based government’s foreign minister Najla Mangoush, who signed an illegal energy exploration deal with Turkey, that tried to force a meeting at the airport. Dendias refused to meet Mangoush, and without exiting the plane departed Tripoli and flew to Benghazi and Tobruk, where Libya’s parliament sits. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis with the latest analysis as we look into what this means for relations between Greece and Libya. 

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Athens-Tripoli relations in crisis mode

Erdogan, Sisi meet in Qatar after years of acrimony

Turkey Bombs Kurdish Foes in Iraq and Syria, Likely Killing Dozens

Turkey strikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing

Erdogan says Turkey's strikes in Syria, Iraq may lead to ground offensive

Tourism about to register an all-time revenue record

Greek economic growth seen lower in 2023 amid energy woes

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