A change in strategy on her part does not seem likely Türkiye regardless of today’s outcome elections, Mr. Thanos Dokos says to “K”., National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister. After the election, he describes funding for programs such as new corvettes and F-35s as already secured, while noting that the goal of the new government is to lay the foundations for a productive restructuring of the defense industry in 1-2 years.

– The recent change in style and behavior in some sectors is considered a positive development, although it should be taken for granted that there has been no change in strategy from Turkey. Unfortunately, such a change is unlikely to happen even if the opposition wins the elections in Turkey. In any case, Greece will try to negotiate with any government that the Turkish people choose. We certainly hope that Turkey will at some point realize that it will get more if it gets closer to Greece, Europe and the West in general again.

Greece’s interest in reducing tensions, as well as in the implementation of a “positive agenda”, which will include cooperation, incl. in the economy, environment, culture and the climate crisis. As long as Turkey accepts that inter-state disputes are resolved on the basis of international law and the law of the sea, we could at some point in the future go to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to distinguish between the continental shelf and the EEZ.

To be sure, the current government – and, I believe, no government of Greece – is going to negotiate on issues of national sovereignty, such as the demilitarization of the islands of the Aegean and Greek sovereignty over islands, islets and islets.

We hope that Turkey will at some point realize that it will get more if it gets closer to Greece, Europe and the West in general again.

– The war in Ukraine has fundamentally changed the geopolitical balance in Europe and made the need for the Western Balkan countries to join the EU even more urgent. in foreseeable future. This region, located in the soft underbelly of Europe, cannot remain a meteorite, a potential black hole in the European security system. Greece has traditionally maintained friendly relations with Serbia, and has recently established good neighborly relations with Kosovo.

He is always ready to contribute to the dialogue for the normalization of relations with the main goal of advancing the agenda of Thessaloniki (2003) for a European course in the Western Balkans. With regard to relations with Albania, both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister expressed their optimism for the transfer of the issue of maritime zones with Albania to The Hague and the full normalization of bilateral relations.

– In addition to Turkish revisionism, Greek national security is affected by challenges and threats of an “unconventional” form, such as, for example, the climate crisis and natural disasters (where important steps were taken with Operation 112 and the ongoing AEGIS civil protection program), cyber threats, demographic crisis , uncontrolled migration flows (where the vigorous protection of the Greeks and – at the same time – the European borders, in the context of a broader policy aimed at instrumentalizing the flows, as well as solving the problem based on the protection of national interests and respect for the European and international obligations of our country, health crises (pandemics), etc.

In addition, the increasing use of hybrid methods by revisionist states and other actors obliges our country to adapt its planning and develop the necessary capabilities in the context of this new reality. Protecting critical infrastructure and enhancing the country’s resilience, protecting national and social cohesion and enhancing energy security through hydrocarbon exploration southeast of Crete and the Ionian Sea, and promoting infrastructure construction are high priorities. to transport energy from the south.