PM says Greece ready for any challenge

Amid renewed tensions with Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed on Wednesday that Greece "will face all challenges with consistency, stability, confidence and always with a commitment to international law, as it always does."

Speaking during a meeting with President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, he said that Greece is not contributing to the tension with Turkey and expressed certainty that "we will have the full support of the European Union."

For her part, Sakellaropoulou bemoaned that Turkey "continues to create tensions, challenging any notion of good-neighborliness and our sovereign rights." She said Greece will always protect its sovereign rights "with respect for international law."

Turkey's behavior was also commented on by Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, who said that Greece's red lines are clearly marked,...