Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis himself received Belgacem Haftar, the son of Gen. Khalifa Haftar, the de facto leader of eastern Libya, a day after a meeting with Greece's FM

The agreement generated Greece’s stern reaction, irked other regional countries and eventually earned disapproval by the EU, as it essentially ignored the Law of the Sea and tried to 'erase' all Greek island territories

Reports come from the sidelines of a Ukraine Recovery Conference in Rome on Thursday, following talks by Ursula von der Leyen, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, host Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and Maltese PM Robert Abela

Reports have Al-Sadiq Haftar as saying that Tuesday's very public 'snub' of a visiting EU delegation to Benghazi was not aimed at Athens