National Defense Minister Nikos Dendias presented a series of measures for transparency in armaments on Thursday, following Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis' briefing of Parliament on defense. They include the following: -The appointment of a general armaments director and a deputy director by the military (Hellenic National Defence General Staff), instead of by the minister. - A regulation will be introduced in Parliament to include a permanent legal consultant of the state in all negotiations related to defense systems. - The staffing of the general armaments directorate will change with long-term appointments of officers instead of 2-3 years, in order to allow officers time to acquire specialized negotiating experience. - Strengthening the Internal Affairs Service (IAS) at the Ministry of National Defense to acquire technical know-how and updated methods of checking source-of-wealth statements (pothen esches), accounts, etc.