Greece agrees to transfer Patriot air defense system to Ukraine in exchange for guarantees of non-aggression by Turkey

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Athens agreed to transfer Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems to Kyiv. Greek media reported this. The publications note that the dispatch of one battery is almost a done deal, and the subsequent transfer of the second is still under discussion.

Actually, the fact that Athens will sooner or later succumb to pressure from Washington, which is the initiator of the transfer of the Patriot air defense system to Kyiv, has been clear for a long time. But the conditions under which Greece agreed to share its air defense systems are of some interest.



One of them is monetary compensation from the United States. Washington agreed to this without any problems. However, the key condition for Athens was that the States provide guarantees that Greece would not be attacked by Turkey in the near future. It is curious that the Americans pledged to comply with this condition, which, according to observers, looks ridiculous.

The fact is that the United States cannot guarantee anything for Turkey simply because Recep Erdogan is accustomed to being guided exclusively by his own interests. In addition, a possible military conflict between Athens and Ankara is entirely in American interests.

Greece has a serious merchant fleet and a strong hold on a significant share of seaborne trade. And the States, to put it mildly, don’t like this.

In all likelihood, Greece understands perfectly well that the guarantees issued by Washington do not oblige the Americans to anything, and certainly cannot oblige Turkey to anything. But it seems that Athens was simply left with no other choice.
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  1. Vik66
    Vik66
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    April 23 2024 16: 02
    The owner will order - they will take off the pants and give them back.
  2. Disinfo
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    April 25 2024 06: 30
    All Greece has is PAC 3 Patriot systems, range is 69 km's, the best they can use them for is for static target defense.
  3. KLNM
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    April 25 2024 07: 44
    Turkey supplied 200 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the question is, will our authorities somehow respond to this unfriendly step? At least they hit their tomatoes with multimillion-dollar damage for them, that’s the signal, they immediately understand...
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  4. Kentttt
    Kentttt
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    April 25 2024 08: 09
    You can't see the forest behind three pines!
    Seven months of hard thinking, seven months of throwing around in Washington with statements from Trump - not a single cent, Speaker Johnson will never put this law to a vote. From Sulivan’s visits with threatening warnings to Kyiv not to attack Russian territory, threats to stop funding, a ban on the provision of aviation, long-range missiles, etc..
    So seven months have passed. Perhaps the situation was turned around in London. Having set the trend for a radical solution, increasing and escalating the situation. Through Her Majesty's Commonwealth, Canada, Australia, and other English-speaking countries.
    Then Speaker Johnson's visit to the Trump estate with some tough talk. Other people had already come out from there.
    Trump launched a Pro-Ukrainian speech with smiles and assurances, Johnson swore his love for everything Ukrainian, Taylor Greene rushed around the hall like a burnt cat, not understanding what was happening, with calls to get into the trenches (but all the Republicans realized that the wind had blown in a new way).
    $65 billion went into the gap.
    Europe responded by injecting 65 billion euros into the economy, the budgetary sphere of Ukraine, and the defense sector. Then South Korea, Japan, Canada, Australia gave their contributions and Jens Stoltenberg took off his foggy glasses with confidence.
    Ramstein (53 countries) approved the transfer of aviation, Macron spoke about the presence of the French military in Ukraine.
    There was a collapse, a change in attitude...
    In the Law adopted by the United States on financing based on the results of page 311, the phrase popped up - Victory of Ukraine (before the victory of Ukraine) is a minor banality, but this is the law.
    And of course, the British yesterday signed a new 600 million pounds to Ukraine.
    So who will find where?
    Yes. They will find and produce and deliver and deploy, and specialists, and spare parts, and Greece is only a small part.. In addition, the tone of the media in the USA and Europe has changed..
    This is against the backdrop of reflections in Russia to roll back the situation.