The exhaustion of all possibilities for transporting the Holy Light to Greece was assured by Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lana Zochios during the diplomatic correspondents’ briefing. According to her, efforts are being made to create the necessary security conditions because, as she stated, the operation will take place under wartime conditions. We will likely know by Good Friday how the transport will be carried out.
Gerapetritis contacts Saar regarding Holy Light
Foreign Minister Georgios Gerapetritis has been in contact with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar and relevant authorities to examine all possibilities. Gerapetritis requested from his counterpart that there be absolute respect for the status quo of the holy sites by all parties under any circumstances.
It should be recalled that yesterday, a message emphasizing the necessity of maintaining the status quo of the Holy Sepulchre was sent by the Foreign Ministry. “Despite current conditions, the status quo of the Holy Sepulchre must be fully respected by all and in good faith,” the Foreign Ministry states in posts on X (formerly Twitter), where it also expresses “deep concern” regarding the issue of denying permission to the Latin Patriarch in Jerusalem to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate Catholic Palm Sunday.
Trip to Tripoli, Libya postponed
Additionally, Lana Zochios announced the postponement of the Foreign Minister’s visit to Tripoli, Libya due to adverse weather conditions, with diplomatic services of both countries seeking a new date. Regarding the contacts he had in Benghazi, she stated that it was agreed to immediately begin consultations for determining the continental shelf and Exclusive Economic Zone.
