The operation of the Greek Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, has been temporarily suspended due to the adverse security conditions prevailing in the region, the Foreign Ministry said.

Today, Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos praised the Hellenic Navy staff who worked on the Libyan mission "AGHINOR", aboard the "Salamis", as reported by ANA-MPA.

Meanwhile, Greek National Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos raised the issue of the serious situation emerging in Greek-Turkish relations (“the short period of tension” as described it) with his Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz, whom he met at noon today in Brussels, on the sidelines of the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers .