The response of Athens was immediate Moscow’s unprecedented challengeas expressed by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova.
“Greece, in its international relations, always acts based on adherence to international law and respect for states. It is a self-evident right of every state to conclude interstate agreements. Especially when the agreements, such as the one between Greece and Ukraine, guarantee energy sufficiency and security which is a condition of human well-being. Threats against sovereign states are automatically rejected” diplomatic sources reply.
Previously, commenting on Greece’s decision to build and use maritime drones with Ukraine (as expressed during Volodymyr Zelensky’s recent visit to Athens and his meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis), the Sugar took on an unprecedented challenge.
Greece follows a “confrontational policy towards Russia and carries out frankly hostile actions”, he argued and added: “Athens was one of the first capitals to send weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, which the armed forces of Ukraine use every day against civilians in the Donbass, the regions of Zaporizhia, Kherson, Crimea and other southern regions of our country. And all this, despite the fact that Greeks have lived in these areas since time immemorial.”
In her remarks, reported by the TASS news agency, Zakharova said: “Another confirmation was the so-called agreements with the Nazi regime in Kiev on November 17, among other things, on the development and use of maritime drones. This step, like many other anti-Russian actions of the collective Western world aimed at defeating Russia on the battlefield, received the necessary assessment from our side and the appropriate reaction will follow.”
It is recalled that in the Mitsotakis-Zelensky joint statement after the end of the Ukrainian president’s visit to Athens, it is stated that “the parties agreed to deepen defense cooperation with a focus on strengthening security in the maritime sector, including cooperation in the development and use of maritime unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in conducting joint exercises and trainings related to unmanned maritime systems, as well as enhanced exchange maritime threat information’.