The Turkish president, who for months now, both he and his top ministers, have been attacking Greece over the Armed Forces' armaments program, was annoyed yesterday because Greece is expressing objections to the sale of F-35s to Turkey. And in fact, in response to questions - in mild tones, however - he mischaracterized Kyriakos Mitsotakis' stance, while attempting to downplay the casus belli and appear ready to resolve the Aegean "issues".

Greece is a strong member state of the European Union and of NATO, and it is a country that has strategic relations with the United States it wants to deepen, and a country that can now jointly formulate European policies, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during his conversation with journalist and author Robert D. Kaplan at the Delphi Economic Forum X on Thursday.

Newly appointed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is set to visit Athens next Tuesday for high-level discussions with Greece’s leadership.