Greece must prepare its armed forces for possible “instability” after the end of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s last term, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Sunday, AFP and Agerpres reported.

“What will happen to Turkey after Erdogan’s departure? We dont know. Turkey is not a static country,” Nikos Dendias said in an interview published on Sunday in Kathimerini daily.

“There is always instability in the succession of a strong and long-term leader… this means that we must be ready for any events until 2030,” he assessed.

“In general, our region does not allow complacency. We are surrounded by many sources of instability, which require us to have modern armed forces,” explained the Greek minister.

After years of tensions over immigration, energy rights and sovereignty over the Aegean Sea, Greece and Turkey resumed high-level talks last month during President Erdogan’s visit to Athens, his first since 2017.