PM Mitsotakis at extraordinary NATO summit: Russia's aggressive actions violate International Law
Russia's aggressive actions violate International Law, and they also harm European and international security and stability, noted Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the extraordinary virtual summit of NATO heads of state & government, held via secure teleconference on Friday.
The Greek premier added that Greece upholds the principles of respect to territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of all countries, and he condemned Russia's revisionist actions which run against these principles, it was reported.
Revisionism is a major threat to world peace and it should not be tolerated, he added, while he also suggested that all NATO-member states commit to implementing the framework of sanctions against Russia, as it has been decided by the EU.
Russia's agression in Ukraine has highlighted the need for European strategic autonomy, and for the strengthening of NATO's European security policy, which requires that EU member states spend more on their defense, stressed Mitsotakis.
Mitsotakis underlined the need for gradually moving away from dependence on Russian natural gas.
The Greek Prime Minister attended the NATO teleconference from the National Defense Ministry in Athens, in the presence of Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (HNDS) General Konstantinos Floros, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's General Secretary Themistoklis Demiris, and the Director of the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Office Eleni Sourani.
