According to him, the country's defense department has noted an increase in the number of Turkish provocations in recent times.
“I believe that the only way for Greece to cope with such behavior, which generally has a tendency to aggression, is, on the one hand, to use all its diplomatic weapons, and on the other hand, to increase the deterrent force of the armed forces,” he quotes RIA News.
Along with this, he emphasized the readiness of Greece for a military confrontation with Turkey.
"Exactly!" - he said, answering the corresponding question of journalists.
In March, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared the Greek military on the border with Turkey with the Nazis.