12.02.2025 16:43
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke with French President Macron to request the prevention of the sale of Meteor missiles to Turkey, but received a negative response. France stated that the missiles are produced by a consortium of six countries, indicating that a sales ban is practically impossible.
According to the Greek press, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris earlier this week to prevent the sale of Meteor missiles to Turkey, received a negative response. According to the EFSYN newspaper published in Greece, in response to Mitsotakis's request to prevent the sale of Meteor missiles to Turkey, Macron's answer indicated that there was no possibility of blocking the sale of Meteors.
GREECE IS DETERMINED TO BLOCK THE SALE
The French side informed Mitsotakis that it was practically impossible due to the fact that the Meteor is produced by a consortium involving six countries. Furthermore, the report stated, citing anonymous sources, that Greece aims to approach the governments of other countries in the consortium to prevent the possible sale of the missiles to Ankara.
THEY HAD ANNOUNCED THEIR DISCOMFORT
Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias had conveyed his discomfort regarding the news of the sale of Meteor missiles to Turkey to the French Ambassador to Athens, Laurance Auer, on January 29. The Meteor, a beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile, is produced by the France-based MBDA. In addition to France, the consortium includes the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Sweden.