Speaker 1: Passy around. This is the seventy seven w ABC Mini.
Speaker 2: Cast Sunday Morning, well the middle of the summer, middle
Speaker 2: of August. And with us today is his Royal Highness
Speaker 2: Prince Pavlo. And he's the Crown Prince of Greece, which
Speaker 2: means that he's in line to be king, but there's
Speaker 2: no kingdom in Greece anymore. But he's a good friend.
Speaker 2: He loves Greece and usually this time of year, we're
Speaker 2: both there for at least a week or two. And
Speaker 2: I understand you go back and forth a lot. Well,
Speaker 2: your Royal Highness, Prince Pavlo, give us your give us
Speaker 2: your pulse of what's going on in Europe, give us
Speaker 2: your pulse of what's going on in Greece.
Speaker 1: Hey, good morning, John, And I please call me Pablos,
Speaker 1: because that's what everybody calls me in Greece. You know,
Speaker 1: we're on a first name BASI and uh, you know
Speaker 1: I I enjoy our camaraderie and our friendships as good
Speaker 1: New Yorkers as well. Yeah, I've spent much more time
Speaker 1: now in Greece, and so I'm over here seeing some
Speaker 1: of the family and friends that are are over here
Speaker 1: in the last part of the summer, and we'll be
Speaker 1: returning again at the end of the week. It's been
Speaker 1: a it's been a good summer. You know. Tourism is
Speaker 1: doing well in Greece, so we've had a lot of support,
Speaker 1: a lot of Americans coming over, uh, Greek Americans and
Speaker 1: and and and normal Americans coming there. We we we
Speaker 1: have done our best to make everybody happy. We've had
Speaker 1: some fires, like we've voters had every year. Uh. Sadly,
Speaker 1: we've had some deaths with firemen, firefighters and and helicopter accidents.
Speaker 1: These things do happen, and it's a really sad thing
Speaker 1: to have taken place. But the fires have been put
Speaker 1: under control and things have been managed fairly well. So
Speaker 1: in that respect we move forward and hope they will
Speaker 1: not be too many more coming forward. But otherwise, yeah,
Speaker 1: things are working well in Greece. We just have to
Speaker 1: be aware of our neighbors. And as you know, Turkey
Speaker 1: has been our neighbor, been fairly quiet over the years
Speaker 1: last few years with Greece directly, but they're stepping up there.
Speaker 1: They're sort of, if you want, offensive, in opening up
Speaker 1: these marine parks which they're declaring as reserves and they
Speaker 1: want to protect, but they are also declaring these in
Speaker 1: Greek waters, which you know may become a big issue,
Speaker 1: as you know, we have to protect our waters and
Speaker 1: they want to protect them as well, and so they're
Speaker 1: going over our barriers in that respect. And the President
Speaker 1: has declared in in Turkey that by October they're going
Speaker 1: to have the Blue, the Blue, the New Blue Turkey,
Speaker 1: which is expanding their their water borders all the way
Speaker 1: into past Junn Islands into the Cycladic zone practically, so
Speaker 1: that'll be a real issue with us.
Speaker 2: Pablo, That's what I was always afraid of because you know,
Speaker 2: I was born on the Greek island of Nisidos, and
Speaker 2: I always tell the Defense Minister of Greece, make sure
Speaker 2: you take care of Nisidos, and you know, jokingly, but
Speaker 2: like you said, Turkey likes to extend their borders. And
Speaker 2: those islands only ten twenty thirty miles off the Turkish coast,
Speaker 2: and there's you know, everybody knows, there's a lot of
Speaker 2: minerals there, and there's a lot of other things there
Speaker 2: that you know, and money makes the world go round.
Speaker 2: And President Trump would never allow anything to happen. But
Speaker 2: the fact is that you might get another weak president someday,
Speaker 2: and I guess Greece has to be careful. And the
Speaker 2: one thing I've always said to the Greek people, because
Speaker 2: I don't play politics, I love the I love the
Speaker 2: country and it's the land of my forefathers. And I said,
Speaker 2: don't allow. I told all the politicians, all sides, don't
Speaker 2: allow Greece to be invaded like Germany was, like France was,
Speaker 2: like the Great Britain was. And that's that's what I
Speaker 2: do and say to get things off my chest.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I mean, you're absolutely right. And the current government,
Speaker 1: the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense ha done
Speaker 1: an excellent job in upgrading our defense. We have excellent
Speaker 1: new ships that are coming. We are using the F
Speaker 1: thirty five's already, so we're in a good position to
Speaker 1: stand our ground and protect our land. And we need
Speaker 1: to have a good economic and political strugg so that
Speaker 1: protects us in that respect. We've just made an agreement
Speaker 1: between Israel, Cyprus and ourselves to have cabling come across
Speaker 1: to the countries for communication, which the Turks have been
Speaker 1: opposing for a long time, but now the French independent
Speaker 1: companies will be laying these cables, so they will also
Speaker 1: be protecting that, so it won't be just asked, but
Speaker 1: it will be the French involved as well as protecting
Speaker 1: these bits of water the cables will be going through.
Speaker 1: So we're making a stand that that would make it
Speaker 1: more international if the Turks try to stop our ships
Speaker 1: doing their work. So you know, we're we're we're moving
Speaker 1: towards positive ground and we just have to protect our
Speaker 1: patrida as we call it, our homeland. And we very
Speaker 1: much enjoy the strong relationship with the United States, and
Speaker 1: you know, hope to maintain that.
Speaker 2: But I I was with your cousin of King Charles,
Speaker 2: his World Highness, and he liked the Greek tie I
Speaker 2: was wearing, and I sent him a few Greek ties
Speaker 2: and he sent me a note back. He really loved them.
Speaker 2: And now your second cousins or first cousins with the.
Speaker 1: King where whereas second cousins. And he has always had
Speaker 1: a great love for our country. Obviously his father was
Speaker 1: originally Greek, so he is part Greek himself, and the
Speaker 1: relationship has always been very strong. And we've worked with
Speaker 1: him here and you've been very helpful as well on
Speaker 1: the King's Trust International, which is a program helping young
Speaker 1: people get into work and starting their own businesses. And
Speaker 1: it's been very productive in the United States as well
Speaker 1: as in Greece. Has been exceptionally productive where I bought
Speaker 1: it to the country as well, and so we thank
Speaker 1: you for your help on that. It's been an amazing
Speaker 1: drive over the last eight years.
Speaker 2: Well, Pablo, you know, you know, I'm an American, but
Speaker 2: my forefathers, your forefathers were Greek, and you know I
Speaker 2: have a lot of love for the country, and I
Speaker 2: don't play politics. I just want what's best for the Greeks,
Speaker 2: for the Greek people, and for the country of Greece.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think we all have to work for the
Speaker 1: best of our countries. Exactly politics on the side. We
Speaker 1: have to work as united people, not as broken up,
Speaker 1: and not play party politics, but just get the job done,
Speaker 1: protect your country, open economy and democratic systems that make
Speaker 1: everybody better people, keep to your original ideals, stick to
Speaker 1: your church and your family, and everything will do well.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much, and we'll catch up again real soon.
Speaker 1: Johnny R. All is the best. Thank you so much.