Dendias-Haftar Meeting in Athens Starts

Khalifa Haftar arrived in Greece at 8:30 pm on Thursday, landing at Elefsina Airport and staying at a central Athens hotel. According to the program announced by the Greek government, the commander has a private meeting with Nikos Dendias at this time, and will have a formal meeting with the Foreign Minister at 9.20am on Friday morning. at noon he will meet with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at his office in the Parliament.

The meeting is described as "critical", while the Libyan National Army calls it "historic". Haftar arrived in Athens just two hours before the crucial Libya Conference in Germany.

His arrival in Athens became known only half an hour before the plane landed and was announced by Libyan media. The Greek government confirmed the information shortly afterwards and subsequently announced the meeting schedule.

Khalifa Haftar's arrival in Athens comes just two and a half days before the Berlin International Conference on Libya, which has ruled out both Greece and Cyprus. Anti-terrorism and EKAM have taken over the security for as long as he remains in the country.

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Khalifa Haftar, who is guarded by the EKAM and Counter-Terrorism, is not head of state and therefore the protocol does not provide for a formal.

The Libyan marshal will also meet with Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias, National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos and Prime Minister's National Security Adviser Admiral Ea. Alexander Diakopoulos. The meeting with Mr. Dendia at the Foreign Ministry is scheduled, according to an official statement of the Foreign Ministry, at 09:20 on Friday morning.