Flag of Greece. File photoATHENA, May 24Greece's largest opposition party, the Radical Left Coalition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance, claims that the government has sent new shipments of heavy weapons to Ukraine and demands immediate information from the Ministry of Defense. The joint statement was signed by leaders of the national Defense of SYRIZA Thodoris Dritsas and Yorgos Tsipras and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece, Head of the Foreign Policy Sector of SYRIZA Yorgos Katrungalos.The Greek prime minister will begin talks with the United States on the purchase of F-35 fighters «In a statement yesterday, US Secretary of Defense (Lloyd) Austin said that «many countries today announced new deliveries of critical artillery systems and ammunition, including Italy, Greece, Norway and Poland.» Thus, we learned from the minister of a third country that our country announced the shipment of new, heavier weapons to Ukraine, about which there is no information in Greece either in parliament or among the Greek people,» the party's press service said in a statement. .The opposition said that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis concealed plans to send weapons from the public. «Mr. Mitsotakis already had in his suitcases for Washington an obligation to send new weapons in exchange for a warm welcome in Washington. In the same context, the government hushed up the most serious incident for two days violations of national airspace in Alexandroupolis (when Turkish fighters approached 2.5 miles away — ed.) so as not to spoil the image of a visit to the United States and allegedly modernized Greece, while this violation a few miles from the American base was supposed to be shocking evidence of the threat posed by Turkey's actions. After all, what was the purpose of your trip to the US? Promoting national interests or communicating and rewarding Mr. Mitsotakis and his government?” the opposition asked. /2022/05/a922f7ac5d28bf628954d45176aaaa84.jpg» />Biden said that the United States and Greece are standing together against Russia «This is not SYRIZA speaking, this is international law speaking. Do the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (the seat of government) the Maxim Palace, what does this participation (in what is happening) mean, or are they only interested in to make Washington like the prime minister? When was such a most serious choice made? What were the procedures? Did the government council on foreign affairs and defense meet?» — the document says, adding, «Has a decision been made to involve our country» in the events «in the neighborhood and is it all business as usual?» SYRIZA stated that the government's actions are extremely dangerous for the country and the Greek people. The opposition demanded that Minister of National Defense Nikos Panagiotopoulos inform the parties and parliament immediately about the supply of weapons to Ukraine and the relevant decisions. SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance sent an urgent parliamentary request to the Minister of National Defense. C-130. The Greek government has recently stated several times that it does not plan to send new batches of weapons to Ukraine in order not to weaken its defense.The Greek Parliament voted for a new agreement with the United States on military bases On the eve of Prime Minister Mitsotakis' visit to the United States scheduled for May 16-18 and his meeting with President Joe Biden, publications appeared in the Greek media about the US and Germany's demand to send Soviet-made weapons to Ukraine, which are in service Greek army. However, the official representative of the Greek government, Yannis Ikonomou, did not answer the question at the briefing about sending additional shipments of Soviet-made weapons to Ukraine. -M1″, military anti-aircraft missile systems «Osa-AKM» (according to NATO classification SA-8 Gecko «Gecko»), anti-tank missile systems «Kornet-E» and «Fagot», landing hovercraft «Zubr», armored vehicles For several years, the United States has been trying to get Greece to abandon Soviet and Russian-made weapons and replace them with American ones. evenly, poll showed
