Greece will send some of its Patriot defense missiles to Saudi Arabia under a program involving the US, Britain and France, the government spokesman says.
Athens will deploy the missiles at Saudi cost “to protect critical energy infrastructure,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas tells reporters.
“The deployment contributes to energy security, promotes our country as a factor of regional stability and strengthens our ties to Saudi Arabia,” Petsas says, adding that talks on the move began in October.
Dutch military trucks — carrying NATO’s Patriot missile defense system to protect Turkey in case neighboring Syria launches an attack — being unloaded at Incirnik base, near Adana, Turkey, Thursday, January 24, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Rob van Eerden, Dutch Defense Ministry, HO)
He does not give a date for the deployment.
The US, Britain and France are part of the same initiative and Italy is likely to join, the spokesman said.
— AFP
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