Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defence

The government's top decision-making body for foreign affairs and defense matters has met in an extraordinary session to assess the latest developments in the Middle East and to discuss plans to evacuate Greeks from Lebanon.

In the next 20 days the Greek Parliament will be called upon to ratify the US Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the supply of the F-35 fighter jets, Kathimerini understands.

Greece " unequivocally condemns the attack against Israel" and calls for "restraint from all sides in order to avoid a wider regional conflict," government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said Sunday.

Marinakis made the statement immediately after an emergency meeting of the inner cabinet on security issues (KYSEA).

Τhe National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA), Greece's top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense matters, on Monday approved the country's participation in the European Union naval mission to the Red Sea known as Aspides (from the Greek for "shield").

The same information indicates that the issue of migration flows was discussed at the KYSEA table

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is convening a meeting of the Government Council for National Security (KYSEA) on Tuesday that is expected to bring major changes to the Greek police force's leadership.

The meeting was convened in the wake of the gangland-style assassination of a crime boss in the central Athens district of Neos Kosmos on Sunday.

Friday's sweeping overhaul of Greece's military leadership is indicative of a radical shift in the dogma governing how the armed forces are run, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias tells Kathimerini in an exclusive interview.

The National Security Governmental Council (KYSEA), Greece's top decision-making body for foreign affairs and defense matters, implemented substantial changes to the military leadership on Friday. These changes reflect the government's dedication to conducting a comprehensive review of the Armed Forces' operations and addressing issues from the recent past.

Migration was at the top of the agenda at Tuesday's meeting of the Council for Foreign and Defense Affairs (KYSEA), the government's top decision-making body on foreign, defense and security affairs.

Greece's Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), the top decision-making body on foreign affairs and defense matters, will convene on Wednesday for the first time after the election of the new government at the Maximos Mansion.