The acquisition of a fourth FDI Frigate (Behlarra) is expected to be recommended to the KYSEA meeting on Good Wednesday by the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias.
His intention was announced by Mr. Dendias visiting the French frigate “ALSACE” with his French bond, Sebasteen Lecorni, who pays an official visit to Athens.
The new FDI frigate is to carry strategic weapons (Scalp Naval rockets), but also to join the new strategic preventive doctrine, which reports 16 surface vessels in the modernization of the fleet.
I was welcomed today to the Ministry of National Defense, my French counterpart, Mr. Sébastien Lecornu @Sebley.
At a private meeting in a cordial climate, as well as in the expanded talks of the two delegations, they were confirmed in the context of the Greek-French… pic.twitter.com/y6zG7WpfGh
– Nikos Dendias (@nikosdendias) April 14, 2025
Signed a contract for 16 Exocet rockets
Contract for 16 Exocet rockets signed a short time ago by Defense Minister Nikos Dendias with French Defense Minister Sebastian Lekorni. Mr Dendias spoke of a sincere meeting in the context of common values shared by France and Greece.
We made sure that the two countries remain girlfriends with each other referring to the highlight of the 2021 signature of the security agreement on security.
Greece is always certain that France will always take Greece’s decisions in Greece and the need for our country to maintain a comparative technological advantage over the forces of revisionism.
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The acquisition of 16 French EXCET missiles translates as a first counterweight to the discussion of Turkish interest in the supply of Meteor rockets.
The French Defense Minister visited the Ministry of National Defense on Monday morning. Sebastian Lekorni, who was accepted by honors, and had a separate meeting with his Greek counterpart, Nikos Dendia, where they discussed bilateral relations but the exocet rockets.
At 12 noon, the French minister crossed the door of Maximos Grand for a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at the Maximos Palace at a critical geopolitical juncture, with strong mobility in the Eastern Mediterranean and with the “European” processes –
It is recalled that the F-601 “Kimon” frigate is expected in Greece, the third Greek Belharra in a row, and the possibility of acquiring the fourth FDI frigate with strategic weapons (Scalp Naval rockets) always remains at the negotiating table, with the Minister of National Defense. We are rich. So we are obliged to count too much and negotiate too much. And we expect from a friendly country and a friendly business to help us in it, “throwing the ball to improve the tendencies on France.