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PM Mitsotakis: Rafale agreement reflects Greece's strategy of a combined foreign and defense policy
Greece's defense protection "never served as a threat to another country," Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday, following the signing of an agreement between Greece and France for the purchase of 18 Rafale jets.
Extension of territorial waters and Rafale acquisition bill in parliament
With the aim of shielding national interests, the government is forwarding two important bills to Parliament for a vote. The first concerns the law of extension of the coastal zone from 6 to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian Sea, from Corfu to Cape Tainaro in the Peloponnese.
First French Rafale fighter jets expected in Greece in 2021
The details of the negotiations and the acquisition procedures of the French Rafale fighter jets will be at the center of Thursday's meeting of the special standing committee of armaments programs and contracts in the Parliament with Defence Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos, at 13:00.