A series of defense meetings for Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendia with his main aim of clearly understanding the position of the United Kingdom. New partnerships and tightening relationships.

It is definitely a tense time for the global political scene. So this could not be seen on the visit of the Greek Minister of Defense Nikos Dendia in London.

“The main goal of having a clear way that the UK government is reading the new situation in our wider region and the geopolitical challenges it presents,” was his main statement shortly before his official meeting with his British counterpart John Hiley , today at noon.

This statement shows the need for clear steps and desires from the countries where Greece is an ally. The program on this visit was quite heavy, as in addition to his 45 -minute discussion with British Defense Minister John Hiley, he also met Monday, with Deputy Ministers of Defense Maria Igl and Luke Pollard, with the President of the Defense Committee. , Tanmadzit Singh Desi and members of the British Defense Committee.

Will Eurofighters and other equipment on the agenda are located?

Asked by Deutsche Welle about Eurofighters, the Greek minister officially stated that he would not be on the agenda of discussions but on the basis of current developments in recent weeks are likely to be discussed.

This is a matter that is strongly concerned with Greece as Turkey wants to buy fighters from the consortium countries, which are Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy. Indeed, according to a Reuters report in October, Em -German had stated that Britain is the one that has taken on the leadership role in this initiative.

The challenges discussed during the visit concern Ukraine to the Eastern Mediterranean, the Red Sea, the Gaza Strip and Syria.

And it can be reiterated that one of the Greek side’s basic wishes is to clearly read Britain’s position, but in the context of the discussions, the “program of upgrading a radar, but also the issue of existing cooperation with various British businesses on defense innovation. ” In addition, Nikos Dendias said that “the effort is being made to create an” umbrella “to work with its own defense system with our own.”

The visit was finally treated as a sincere exchange of views while Mr. Dendias commented on the environment as “difficult” about how things would evolve in the future.