By Gifts Antoniou

The agenda of the meetings of the National Security Council (KYSEA) is not made public. Is notified in terms of confidentiality to the members of the Council. Thus, the issues that will be discussed at today’s meeting under the prime minister have not officially announced. Kyriakos Mitsotakis. However, the current context and the issues that are de facto concerned with the government and are delicate manipulations, in one way or another come to the forefront.

The government has consistently reiterated all the previous days that the work of the Greece – Cyprus -Israel electric interconnection will restart at the right time, with no further information on this time or the data that will determine the timetable. There is still no NAVTEX for the ship that will continue the investigations, which are left in the middle and which is now in Sicily. It is certain that the decisions will be made after evaluating all the data and on the basis of, of course, the messages that arrive in Athens from partners and allies. It is no coincidence, after all, that the Greek side emphasizes the international significance of the project.

Of course, the issue of the cable steadily attracts the interest of the Turkish side, which closely monitors developments. The Turkish newspaper Milliyet reports in its report that “Greece and Israel were planning the cable pont the east of Kassos and Karpathos. These areas were within the Turkish continental shelf, the Ministry of Defense reacted strongly, Athens postponed the plan once again. ”

Today’s KYSEA will discuss the 12 -year -old equipment program. The specific, confidential debate is crucial to the timetable and the finalization of important decisions on the country’s defense shielding. THE Nikos Dendias He announced his presentation to acquire an additional frigate, the fourth, Belharra (FDI), a topic discussed at the yesterday’s meeting with the French Minister of Armed Forces, Sebastianin Athens. Beyond that, the equipment program includes the prospect of modernizing four MEKO frigates and a series of upgrading and maintenance work to enhance the defense capacity of the fleet.

KYSEA will also discuss migration. Athens has said that it is adopting a rigorous stance on the returns of those who are not entitled to international protection. This message was repeated yesterday by the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Makis Voridisunderlining that “The return of those who are not entitled to be in the country is the foundation of immigration policy. Greece is not a country of uncontrolled entry and stay. “ He added, in fact, that “Anyone who is illegally in the country must leave. Otherwise there will be a deprivation of freedom. The message is clear: Staying in the country is neither self -evident nor uncontrolled ». The new parameters of the tightening of immigration policy in conjunction with the decisions promoted at a central level of European Union in Brussels will be set up today.