“I will begin by saying that as a country in the Eastern Mediterranean we welcome the ceasefire that President Trump achieved between Iran and Israel, but let me say that the solution must only be found through active diplomacy, ” he emphasized Kyriakos Mitsotakis upon entry to the Summit of NATO In The Hague.

As Mr Mitsotakis said, “It is important not to forget the other aspect of this crisis in the area. It is necessary to impose a ceasefire of the fire on the Gauzeto launch humanitarian aid to Gaza. And this is an important element to resolve the problem of instability in the area“

Speaking about the NATO summit, he pointed out that ‘It is important that we have all agreed to increase our defense spending. I am a strong advocate of Europe’s need to reinforce its costs on the collective defense of the alliance. Greece spends more than 3% of GDP on defense spending and we have exceeded the 2% threshold. Even during the difficult period of the financial crisis. The decisions of the session will be taken. I hope that everyone will take over their share, because in the end it is an alliance based on the distribution of the share of responsibility and trust. ”

“We are currently planning to spend the next 12 years over 25 billion euros. So we will exceed the limit, but the aim of the alliance is to have an equal weight distribution and that there are no differences. This goal must be binding and binding on all 32 members of the alliance“