India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Thursday met Greece counterpart Dr. Athanasios Ntokos in New Delhi and mentioned a variety of points in keeping with the imaginative and prescient of the Prime Ministers of the 2 nations.
The discussions had been held on points together with institutional linkages between National Security Councils, international and regional security, cooperation in international commons of cyber, house and seas.
They additionally mentioned prospects for cooperation in futuristic applied sciences, defence, ports and transnational connectivity tasks.
Greece NSA Dr. Athanasios Ntokos additionally referred to as upon External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and exchanged views on key regional points, very a lot in tune with strategic partnership between the 2 nations.
Today’s conferences of Greece NSA Dr Ntokos with Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and Jaishankar are the results of choices taken throughout PM Modi’s go to to Athens final 12 months.
In December 2023, Greece’s Ambassador to India Dimitrios loannou stated that India has quite a bit to supply to Greece and vice versa as there are specific complementaries between the 2 nations.
India and Greece relations have at all times remained “very good” however added that there was a sentimental affinity there however added Greece was a gateway for India to Europe.
Loannou stated that Greece presents a number of alternatives for Indians to come back and spend money on Greece and added that cities like Athens and Thessaloniki can change into the subsequent Dubai for Indians sooner or later.
In August final 12 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Greece for his maiden go to to the nation on the invitation of his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
He was the primary Indian Prime Minister within the final 40 years to go to Greece. The final prime ministerial go to from India to Greece was in 1983.
