On Monday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Greece has been in talks with France to boost their defence alliance.
French President Emmanuel Macron has hailed a new deal to sell Rafale jets and three new frigates, with an option for a fourth, to Greece as “an audacious first step towards European strategic autonomy”.
Speaking in Paris at a joint news conference with Macron, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his country and France had decided to upgrade bilateral cooperation in defence.
“We are heading towards a consequent strengthening of the strategic partnership between Greece and France”, said the Greek PM earlier on public television ERT during his visit to the French capital.
Last year, the two countries had finalized a deal, worth an estimated 2.5 billion euros, for Greece to purchase 18 Dassault-made Rafale fighter jets.
After Mitsotakis acknowledged this month that Greece would buy another six Rafale jets from Paris, proposals had been expected to supply new frigates to Athens.
