Big deal.

The French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly signs this Thursday in Athens the sale to Greece of three defense and intervention frigates (FDI) and six Rafale combat planes.

These two contracts mark a further strengthening of military cooperation between the two countries.

Strengthen its military capacity

Against the backdrop of tensions with neighboring Turkey, Greece decided last year to strengthen its military capacity by ordering 24 Rafale combat planes and three frigates from France, for a total amount of more than 5.5 billion euros. .

In the presence of the CEO of Naval Group, Pierre-Eric Pommellet, the French minister and her Greek counterpart Nikos Panagiotopoulos will first sign the contract for three frigates.

These will be built by Naval Group, in Lorient in western France, for delivery to the Greek Navy in 2025 and 2026. A fourth frigate is optional.

More than 3 billion euros

Dassault Aviation CEO Eric Trappier also made the trip to sign a second contract for the delivery of six additional new Rafales.

The sale of 18 of these combat aircraft had already been signed last year, seven of which were delivered to Greece.

The signing of these contracts, which alone amount to more than three billion euros, comes as relations seem to be calming down between Greece and Turkey, which have promised to cooperate more in the face of the war in Ukraine. .

A “strategic partnership”

Greece and France had started to strengthen their military cooperation in the summer of 2020 to counter Turkish attempts to explore for gas in disputed areas of the eastern Mediterranean.

Last September, the two countries concluded a “strategic partnership” in Paris, confirming their intention to strengthen European defense.

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