![]() Greece’s booming arms program aims to counter Turkish provocations in the eastern Mediterranean, against which France is one of the few EU countries to have publicly protested in recent months. Kyriakos Mitsotakis specified that the contract also covered an option for an additional frigate, specifying that this agreement met “the needs of the Greek navy”. The booming Greek arms program against Turkey The acquisition by Greece of three Belharra frigates which will be built in France, in Lorient, for several billion euros, is a “testimony of confidence and demonstration of the quality of the French offer”, Emmanuel Macron told the Élysée after the signing. ![]() ![]() The announcement comes after the cancellation of a huge 55 billion euro submarine contract by Australia, which preferred a strategic partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom. ![]() French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis signed a military contract on Tuesday September 28 for the order by Athens of three frigates as part of the strengthening of the “strategic partnership” between France and Greece. ![]()
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