Greece’s PM announces closer defence cooperation with France

Greece’s PM announces closer defence cooperation with France — — -Brussels (Brussels Morning) Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has signed a deal with France’s President Emmanuel Macron on the procurement of new navy frigates for the Greek armed forces, estimated at about 3 billion euro.

The new deal is the first major contract for the French state-owned Naval Group shipyard since losing the contract with Australia for producing a fleet of diesel-powered attack submarines.