“The
Greek Foreign Ministry has confirmed receipt of a request from
Washington, asking that Russia be denied use of Greek airspace for
aid flights to Syria, Reuters reported. The announcement came from
the Greek Foreign Ministry spokesman, who added the US request was
being considered. On Sunday, a diplomatic source in Athens told RIA
Novosti that Greece had refused to close its airspace to Russian
planes carrying humanitarian aid to Syria.”
“On
Saturday, the US embassy asked the interim Greek government to
prohibit flights of Russian aircraft in the Athens FIR, the country's
airspace. The Greeks refused, so as not to worsen relations with
Russia, the source said. The RIA source added that Russia had
requested to use Greek airspace for humanitarian flights to Syria,
September 1-24. Athens reportedly agreed.”
During his speech at the
International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, the Greek PM,
Alexis Tsipras, described clearly, already from the first lines,
Greece's new strategic dogma.
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