Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said to New York Times journalist Steven Erlanger during a discussion at the Athens Democracy Forum on Thursday that Greece and France have a “strategic partnership.”
“We have concluded a strategic partnership with President Macron,” Mitsotakis said, adding: “There is the mutual defence assistance clause, which says that if any of the two parties is attacked then the other will offer its assistance.”
“It symbolises France’s commitment and its interest in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean,” the prime minister continued.
“We bought the frigates at the best price and with the best delivery time,” he said, stressing that the ships Greece has ordered will place the Hellenic Navy firmly in the digital age and significantly enhance the country’s deterrent capability.
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