Amidst tension with Turkey, Greek Parliament votes to buy French fighter jets

Greek lawmakers are voting on Thursday on a defense procurement program to buy 18 French-made Rafale combat aircrafts, as part of an armament plan announced by the government in September.

Amidst tension with Turkey, Greek Parliament votes to buy French fighter jets
14 January, 2021   19:02
NEWS DESK

Greece has allocated 11.5 billion euros (14 billion dollars) to modernize its armed forces over the next five years, as tension is increasing with neighboring Turkey.

Relations between the two member states of NATO, which often were tense, deteriorated sharply last year, when the two countries' warships in the eastern Mediterranean faced a dispute over maritime boundaries and energy rights.

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