Agreement ends St. Catherine’s Monastery dispute between Egypt and Greece

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Egypt welcomed an agreement signed by the Archbishop of St. Catherine’s Monastery to regulate the monastery’s legal status and the surrounding lands in the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received confirmation of the agreement from Archbishop Symeon, ending a dispute involving Egypt and Greece.

Egypt has welcomed the consent of the Archbishop of the St. Catherine’s Monastery to sign an agreement regulating the legal status of the monastery and its surrounding lands in the Sinai Peninsula. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry announced that Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty received a letter from Archbishop Symeon, confirming … The post Agreement ends St. Catherine’s Monastery dispute between Egypt and Greece appeared first on Egypt Independent.