PM Touts Progress on Libya Talks, Defense, and Domestic Reforms

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has highlighted "positive development" successful maritime borderline talks with Libya and touted the pending acquisition of a 4th precocious frigate, framing the moves arsenic cardinal successes successful upgrading Greece's geopolitical and antiaircraft posture.

In his play societal media briefing, Mr. Mitsotakis called the archetypal method gathering with Libya successful Athens a important step, with a 2nd league scheduled for Tripoli.

The talks, aimed astatine defining the 2 countries' Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), travel arsenic U.S. vigor elephantine Chevron has shown authoritative involvement successful exploring for state successful the region, a improvement Athens sees arsenic an endorsement of its sovereign rights.

On nationalist security, the premier curate confirmed advancement connected acquiring a 4th Belharra-class frigate, the "Themistocles," which volition articulation 3 others successful what helium called a large enhancement of the Hellenic Navy's capabilities.

Mr. Mitsotakis pushed backmost against absorption criticism, stating that nationalist defence is simply a pillar of economical prosperity.

Turning to home policy, Mr. Mitsotakis pointed to affirmative labour marketplace trends, noting that caller reforms person led to a 48% emergence successful declared overtime pay, boosting workers' incomes and societal information contributions.

The briefing besides covered a wide scope of societal programs, from a location transportation work for indispensable medicines to the enlargement of mobile wellness teams successful distant villages.

In education, helium highlighted the motorboat of the archetypal vocational precocious schoolhouse wrong a situation successful Larissa.

Mr. Mitsotakis besides noted the palmy archetypal play of 24-hour transit work successful Athens earlier concluding his update up of his travel to the U.N. General Assembly successful New York.