Wed 04/June/2025 – 09:17 PM
Badr Abdel -Ati, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, received today, Wednesday, Giorgios Girapitritis, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, as the meeting dealt with ways to develop distinguished bilateral relations between the two friendly countries.
During the consultations, Minister Abdel -Ati appreciated the common historical ties between Egypt and Greece and the distinguished political, economic and cultural relations that culminated last month to raise relations to the strategic partnership during the first meeting of the high -level cooperation council in Athens headed by President Abdel Fattah El -Sisi and Kiriacos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece, stressing Egypt’s aspiration to continue pushing strategic relations between the two countries to broader horizons in various ways The fields.
Egypt emphasizes the religious importance of the Monastery of Saint Catherine
The Foreign Minister also briefed his Greek counterpart on the judicial ruling issued on May 28 regarding the lands surrounding the Monastery of Saint Catherine, stressing not to prejudice the Monastery of Saint Catherine and his archaeological sites, spiritual value and religious position.
The Foreign Minister indicated that the judicial ruling preserves the spiritual value and the high religious status of the monastery, and that the ruling has approved the continued allowing the monastery of the monastery to benefit from it and the religious and archaeological areas in the region.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that, contrary to the wrong media, the ruling clearly affirmed the religious, spiritual and monastic possession of the monastery and the surrounding lands, which represents an important historical step that confirms the sanctity and status of the religious monastery, as it enables the monastery to continue to perform its religious and spiritual functions without any change in the existing situation.
Minister Abdel -Ati highlighted the President’s confirmation on several occasions, including during the latter’s visit to Athens on May 7, with Egypt’s full commitment to preserving the sacred religious status of the monastery, and protecting him from any form of infringement, explaining that this reflects Egypt’s full and fixed respect for the religious and sacred character of the monastery within the framework of the values of tolerance and peaceful coexistence between religions firmly in Egypt throughout history.
