The first visits to Washington and Jerusalem

It's only three weeks since Nikos Dendias took over the foreign affairs portfolio, but he has already sent a pretty clear signal regarding the new government's foreign policy priorities.

Two weeks ago Dendias visited the United States, where he met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White House National Security Adviser John Bolton and lawmakers with an interest in and influence on Greece-related issues. On Sunday, he traveled to Israel, where he met with President Reuven Rivlin, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his counterpart Israel Katz. He then accompanied Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during the latter's visit to Cyprus.

Early moves demonstrate that Athens will be investing in the same axis of security and common interests as previous Greek governments of different colors have done over the previous years. The so-called 3+1 regional cooperation...