The Minister of National Defence Panos Kammenos, with regard to German Defence Minister’s interview in Süddeutsche Zeitung, stated the following:

“Greece always was at the side of the allies when they repelled the German occupation troops. The behaviour and the statements of German officials who replace NATO and EU institutions are not only impermissible, but coercive as well.

They undermine the European institutions, unless Germany aims to disband the European Union and NATO.

Nevertheless, Greece does not intend to replace Germany in its privileged relations with Russia.”