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St. Catherine’s Monastery: Egypt’s “Arab bazaar” and Greece’s red line – Gerapetritis in Cairo today
The Greek delegation travels to Egypt at noon – The Egyptian government must understand that good relations with Greece are based on equality, not the imposition of faits accomplis
Egypt: planning a city in the desert supplied daily with 10 million cubic metres of water from the Nile
The city, named Jirian, will cover an area of 6.8 million square metres and will be designed to divert about 7% of the annual amount of water Egypt draws from the Nile
Monastery of Sinai: What positions Athens takes to Cairo – How Egypt torpedoed the agreement on the Sinai Monastery
The understanding for the out-of-court settlement that was not respected - The priorities of Greek diplomacy and the effort of Cairo to disconnect the ownership of the monastery with its long history from its religious character and sanctity
Pavlos Marinakis for Sinai: The preservation of its Greek Orthodox and pilgrimage character is paramount
"The Prime Minister clearly stressed to his Egyptian counterpart that for us the preservation of the Greek Orthodox and pilgrimage character of the Holy Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai is paramount"
Saint Catherine’s monastery: Athens pleased following Egyptian commitments – Pressure for a final agreement
Thursday evening the Egyptian government and Ministry of Foreign Affairs made attempts to downplay the the issue. Minister Gerapetritis was in direct contact with Cairo; There is a possibility for talks between Prime Minister Mitsotakis and President el-Sisi
Sinai: Muhammad protected it, the Egyptian state ends it with the settlement that was not respected
The attempt to "evict" the monastery has a history of at least 25 years, as it has been a target of the Muslim Brotherhood, but also of Egyptian nationalists.
Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai: Egypt shuts it down, confiscates its property, and evicts monks
Almost 15 centuries after its foundation, the oldest Christian monastery in operation puts "lock" and even in a period of peace - After a court decision, it is expected to be turned into a museum - The monks are preparing a global mobilization
