Netanyahu, Greek PM to discuss shared challenges in region

Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in Jerusalem, on March 30, 2025. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Welcoming Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis before their meeting in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the two will discuss “security challenges, economic opportunities and the ways we can create the chances for a lasting peace in our region.”

“We are two ancient peoples,” says Netanyahu. “Our free civilization started in Athens and Jerusalem. We have common values, and we share common interests today and also common challenges.”

“From one democracy in the eastern Mediterranean to another democracy in the eastern Mediterranean, welcome, friend,” he says.

Mitsotakis adds that defense cooperation is “critically important to us in Greece.”

Athens is in talks with Israel to buy advanced artillery systems and to purchase an Iron Dome-like missile defense system.

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