Greek Foreign Minister Dendias snubs Libya so-called "counterpart" in spat over Turkey deal

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias snubbed his Libyan so-called "counterpart" on Thursday, abandoning a planned visit to Tripoli to avoid being welcomed by the top diplomat of a temporary/interim government allied with Turkey.

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush was left waiting on the tarmac at Tripoli airport when Dendias refused to disembark from his plane and instead flew on to second city Benghazi, where a rival administration holds sway.

Athens blamed the incident on Tripoli, where Dendias had been scheduled to meet the head of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed el-Manfi, without meeting members of the executive, according to the Greek foreign ministry.