The time pressure for the Sinai Monastery is transferred to the Parliament: Complaints about pressures, exclusion from involvement the position of the governmenttranslated

The Parliamentary Representative of the New Democracy, Notis Mitarakis, yesterday in the Parliament, ruled out the involvement of the Greek Government for an intergovernmental agreement with Egypt regarding the status of the Sinai Monastery.   Responding to the complaints made earlier by the parliamentary representative of SYRIZA, Pavlos Polakis, Mr. Mitarakis clarified that the Greek government is not involved in an intergovernmental agreement and, therefore, there is no question of submitting a relevant text for a vote in Parliament.

"The subject of any agreement, if and when it comes to be, will concern the Egyptian State and the Sinai Monastery," he said characteristically.

At the same time, he underlined that the ND's position is to respect any decision taken by the Monastery regarding the agreement.

As he noted, for centuries there was no express provision in Egyptian legislation or in any agreement with the Monastery to ensure its status and the continued presence of the monks. According to him, these are the issues that are being attempted to be regulated through the ongoing discussions.

Mr. Mitarakis also referred to the first instance decision of 2015, characterizing it...