Defense Min Dendias: Hellenic Navy's mission has evolved since 2019

The Hellenic Navy has a greater mission, as its mission in 2024 is not the same it had in 2019, National Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday.

Speaking at a handover ceremony for the chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, at the Naval Academy in Piraeus, Dendias said he was proud of "increasing the national maritime space for which the Hellenic Navy is responsible." He added, "I increased the space of national sovereignty, of the sovereign rights for which the Hellenic Navy once again has a say in."

Dendias underlined the need for the Navy to "reach a point by 2030 when we have a strong, up-to-date Hellenic Navy, which is able to defend what the constitution requires and what sacrifices of decades past have created."