Dendias’ diplomatic whirlwind tour, with a lot more to come

It has certainly been a diplomatic whirlwind for Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias.

In a matter of only ten days, the Greek head of diplomacy:

• Went to Tripoli with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to meet with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh.
• Returned to Libya, but this time to Benghazi to meet the city’s Greek community, and also with Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Atiya Abdul Hafeez Al-Qatrani, Benghazi Mayor Saqr Bujwari and Speaker of the Libyan Parliament Aguila Saleh Issa.
• Met with U.S. Ambassador Pyatt.
• Met with Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople.
• Met with Erdoğan and Çavuşoğlu in Ankara.
• Met with the Lebanese Foreign, and
• Met with Foreign Minister’s of Cyprus, UAE and Israel in Paphos.

This diplomatic storm has not ended though as Dendias met with the Libyan Presidential Council head Mohamed al-Menfi and French Ambassador Patrick Maisonneuve today.

Tomorrow he will be in Cairo to meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry.

On Monday, Dendias will participate in the Council of the EU meeting and on Tuesday he will make a working trip to Saudi Arabia.