Greece to Send Anti-Aircraft, Anti-Ballistic Missiles to UAE

The authorities has been accused of dragging Greece into the Middle East War. FILE PHOTO. Credit: US Army

In effect to a ceremonial petition from Abu Dhabi, Greece is acceptable to bolster the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) defence capabilities by providing anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic munitions, according to reports from Kathimerini.

The determination underscores the strengthening strategical confederation betwixt the 2 nations, rooted successful their 2020 communal defence agreement.

This assistance mirrors a akin caller transportation of antiaircraft materiel to Qatar, coordinated with U.S. authorities stationed astatine the Al Udeid Air Base. In some instances, Greek officials emphasized that the assistance is strictly defensive, aimed astatine protecting captious infrastructure successful the Gulf.

The communal defence clause betwixt Greece and the UAE

Central to this practice is Article 1 of the Greece-UAE agreement, which states that successful the lawsuit of a menace to the security, sovereignty, oregon independency of either nation, some parties indispensable consult instantly to undertake indispensable measures.

Over the years, the UAE has provided the Hellenic Armed Forces with captious components and ammunition for the Navy and the Army’s Apache onslaught helicopters.

Is Greece an progressive subordinate successful the Middle East war?

The Greek authorities insists that each subject assistance to the UAE and Saudi Arabia is focused solely connected defense. In March, a Greek Patriot PAC-3 artillery successful Saudi Arabia  neutralized 2 Iranian ballistic missiles targeting captious vigor infrastructure.

Despite authorities assurances that the enactment was a antiaircraft one, the absorption warned that the interception was dragging Greece into the Middle East War.

Main opposition, PASOK, issued a scathing response, arguing that the government’s rhetoric has shifted dangerously. A enactment spokesperson targeted Defense Minister Nikos Dendias for “boasting” astir the engagement, asserting that the incidental proves Greece is present an progressive subordinate successful the conflict.

The remainder of the absorption joined the fray with adjacent sharper language. SYRIZA labeled the lawsuit a “brazen admittance of involvement,” criticizing the “Trump-Netanyahu axis” and demanding the contiguous callback of the 120 subject unit stationed successful the Kingdom.