Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis described his visit to Libya in terms of a restart of bilateral relations along with the restart of the country itself, addressing interim Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh during a joint press conference in Tripoli on Monday, ANA reports.
In accepting his counterpart’s invitation to Libya, the Greek prime minister said, “My main purpose was to highlight the reopening of the Greek embassy as a landmark of the dynamic restart of Greek-Libyan relations, and to convey a message of support to Libya’s efforts towards peace and progress.”
Mitsotakis said he and Dbeibeh discussed options of collaborating in energy, construction, sea transport, and health that could be expanded to include other sectors including tourism, education, and culture.
Opening the press conference, Dbeibeh referred to the role played by the prime minister’s father, the late premier Constantine Mitsotakis, in improving relations between the two countries, and expressed appreciation for the current improvement in bilateral relations.
Dbeibeh – who heads a government of national unity backed by the UN to lead the country to elections in December – said that the two countries had a long history of economic, commercial, and humanitarian relations, while presently he stressed his commitment to good relations with Greece.
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