Mitsotakis: Greece has no time for ‘dialogue with the absurd’

Greece has no time for a "dialogue with the absurd" in neighboring Turkey, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has said, noting that Greece is better protected than ever following deals to acquire upgraded and next-generation fighter aircraft.

Speaking on a visit the facilities of the Hellenic Aviation Industry (EAV) in Tanagra, Viotia, for the inauguration of a new technical center, the premier said that Greece was responding to open threats "with decisive readiness towards all boastful belligerence."

"Those who brag that they may arrive suddenly during the night should be aware that they may wake up one night having landed in harsh reality," he added.

"I will say it once again: our country does not enter into dialogue with the absurd," he stressed.

"With the new Rafale fighter jets and the upgrading of the F-16s, as well as the squadron of F-35s later...