Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the strengthening of Greece’s deterrent presence against possible new migratory flows from Libya, after his meeting with the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoula.

As he said, Navy ships have already been placed outside Libya’s territorial waters, sending Clear message to circuits of illegal trafficking of immigrants.

“The traffickers will not be commanded about who is coming into the country, “the prime minister said, stressing that the migration will be raised as a peak issue at the upcoming EU summit in which he will participate.

At the same time, he referred to the Greek government’s strong concern about developments in the Middle East, calling on the parties involved to return immediately to the negotiating table. ‘Peace and stability in the area are necessary – diplomacy must have the first reason“, He said.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis condemned Intensely the attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Syria, referring to “disgust and anger” on the part of the Greek government. Called the new Syrian government “to care for the protection of all religious communities“And to ensure the freedom of faith and the security of its citizens.

At the same time, he referred to the Greek government’s strong concern about developments in the Middle East, calling on the parties involved to return immediately to the negotiating table. “Peace and stability in the region are necessary – diplomacy must have the first reason,” he said.

Crisis in the Middle East

“It is expressed not only of Greece but also of the European Union: that Iran should not acquire a nuclear arsenal. However, further escalation at the level of military operations may lead to many more problems than it will solve, “the prime minister stressed, adding:” And of course, we must take into account the fact that our country, as a very strong naval force, must be permanently and permanent. The Ministry of Merchant Shipping has arranged to give all relevant instructions. Beyond that, all the necessary ones have been done so that the country is completely safe, without obviously having to go into details. “

Attack on the Greek Orthodox Church in Syria

Kyriakos Mitsotakis strongly condemned the attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Syria, referring to “disgust and anger” on the part of the Greek government. He called on the new Syrian government “to care for the protection of all religious communities” and to ensure the freedom of faith and the security of its citizens.

“Such tragic incidents, obviously, make us very anxious and our thinking today is with the Patriarch of Antioch and his flock,” the prime minister told the PDD, saying that the issue would raise it at the NATO summit.

Regarding the NATO summit, he stressed that the essential issue on the agenda is the increase in alliance’s defense spending on a decade. “It is an increase that Greece supports, as we are firmly in those countries that spend a significant proportion of our GDP on defense spending. And it is important in one alliance everyone to participate in the same degree in order to achieve the collective purpose of the alliance, “Mr Mitsotakis said.

For his part, the President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, expressed his concern about the Middle East crisis, which stressed that “the prevalence of diplomatic media is the only way to avoid the worst. And it is interesting that from tomorrow and afterwards there will be a series of meetings in NATO and Europe, where the call for a diplomatic solution will be reinforced by the problem of Iran’s inappropriate nuclear arsenal, because if the conflicting version of the liquidity continues, I think it will not be unpleasant, World’s unfavorable footprint. “

Mr. Tasoulas also said: “We are therefore aware, in a regime of dangerous instability – it is worth trying to reduce this volatility, it is worth trying to get the upper hand of diplomacy that is now seeing it, Representative to the UN Security Council yesterday and not from spasmodic moves that can lead to uncontrollable situations that we are all intentioning.

Consequently, we are pursuing, we seek the prevalence of the diplomatic solution and make every effort, the uncertainty and the instability created by the conflict in the Middle East, to deal with it, I repeat, as you said in diplomatic ways, with dialogue, and not with the exacerbation of the liquidity, our exhaustion.