National Security Advisor

"Ending a two-day visit to Washington, DC with excellent talks at the White House with US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, Special Advisor to the US President and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Special Envoy for the Belgrade-Pritina dialogue Richard Grenell".

Premier Kyriakos Mitsotakis had his first official meeting Monday at Maximos Mansion in Athens with Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos who was appointed to the new post of national security adviser to the prime minister's office last week.

In line with the pre-election pledge to modernize Greece's national security apparatus, which Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had reiterated at the recent meeting of the Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA), the government on Thursday appointed Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos to the new post of national security adviser to the Prime Minister's Office.

Vice Admiral Alexandros Diakopoulos has been appointed National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister's office, a post set up by the new conservative administration, the government announced Thursday.
Meanwhile, Panagiotis Kontoleon was named as the new head of the National Intelligence Service (EYP).

Turkey's presidential aide İbrahim Kalın and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton have discussed the latest developments in Syria over the phone.

U.S. President Donald Trump removed his chief strategist Steve Bannon from the National Security Council on April 5, reversing his controversial decision early this year to give a political adviser an unprecedented role in security discussions.