Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis praised Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Defence Minister Nikos Dendias in Parliament for signing an intergovernmental agreement with Israel on the “Achilles Shield” air defence system.
Georgiadis described the agreement as a measure that “secures the freedom of the Greek state” against a Turkish or any other threat. He welcomed the deal as highly significant for Greece’s armed forces and foreign policy, while describing the agreement as a strategic alliance that serves the long-term interests of the Greek people.
Georgiadis: “We Serve the Interests of the Greek People”
Georgiadis made the remarks while responding to an urgent question from Communist Party of Greece (KKE) MP Vasilis Metaxas, who criticised the minister for “celebrating” the agreement.
“The agreement secures the freedom of the Greek state. And the freedom of the Greek state against the Turkish threat or any other threat is a more important issue,” Georgiadis said.
He also accused the KKE of attempting throughout the summer to undermine the alliance through protests at Greek ports.
“However much you of the KKE try all summer to undermine the alliance with the antics you are staging at the ports, we will maintain and serve the alliance because we serve the interests of the Greek people, not the Soviet, communist, proletarian or Palestinian [interests],” he said.
Earlier, the KKE had condemned the agreement, arguing that it accelerates Greece’s preparations for war and further involves the country in what it described as imperialist regional plans.
