Mitsotakis Calls for Maritime Security

Mitsotakis Calls for Maritime Security

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at a UN Security Council debate on maritime security, emphasized the need for coordinated global action against asymmetric threats such as smuggling, terrorism, piracy, hybrid attacks, and climate change. He condemned illegal practices that jeopardize trade and marine ecosystems, referencing sanctions evasion and the conflict in the Red Sea, CE Report quotes Athens-Macedonian

Mitsotakis highlighted Greece’s key role in operations ASPIDES, ATALANTA, and IRINI, and stressed the critical importance of protecting submarine cables for global energy and data connectivity. He also called for respect for the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as the foundation for maritime governance.

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