Channels of communication with Turkey are working, says shipping minister

The channels of communication with Ankara are working, which is why tension was avoided at the most recent incident to take place near the uninhabited Imia islets in the southeastern Aegean, Greece's minister of maritime affairs and island policy, Christos Stylianides, tells Kathimerini.

As far as managing migrant flows is concerned, the former European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management notes that cooperation with the Turkish authorities is constant, but there are no joint patrols nor will there be.

On the matter of the Houthi threat in the Red Sea, Stylianides says that it is imperative for Greece to take part in security operations to protect shipping if it seeks to play an international role.

He also talks about the green transition of shipping and the need for incentives to bring young people back into maritime professions.

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