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Russian-made S-300 missile defense system. Photo/sputnik
This was confirmed on Sunday (12/18/2022) by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry (Kemlu), Maria Zakharova.
Greece has considered sending Soviet-era weapons to Kiev if the United States agrees to replace them with the MIM-104 Patriot system.
“It would be a serious violation of the … Russian-Greek agreement … on military and technical cooperation,” Zakharova said.
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He added that the 1995 and 2013 agreements signed by Moscow and Athens in this area “explicitly prohibit Greece from re-exporting military equipment supplied by Russia without Moscow’s consent”.
“Trampling on its commitments under the agreement will certainly have consequences,” a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman warned.
“Such a move would also contradict the position of the majority of Greeks,” he said, adding that polls say 70 percent of Greeks are against “pumping Ukraine with weapons.”
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Though Zakharova did not cite her sources, a poll by Greek broadcaster Mega TV in March showed that about two-thirds of Greeks oppose sending military equipment to Kiev.
