Tomorrow, Tuesday, February 14, at an extraordinary meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine, which will be held on the eve of the summit of defense ministers NATO in Brussels (Wednesday, February 15) the Minister of National Defense will attend Nikos Panagiotopoulos.

Mr. Panagiotopoulos is expected to take a stand on the security challenges highlighted by Russia’s continued aggressive and revisionist stance towards Ukraine. According to the information, it is expected to discuss a further increase in defense and humanitarian materials that the countries of the Western alliance will send to the Ukrainian people.

According to European diplomatic sources, the issue of sending armored vehicles or aircraft to Ukraine is expected to be discussed, but everything will depend on the position of the United States, Germany and Great Britain.

On the edge Alliance Defense Ministers Meeting it is quite possible that Mr. Panagiotopoulos private meeting with my Turkish colleague Hulusi Akara week after the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.

Recall that shortly after the earthquake, the Greek Minister sent a message of condolence to Mr. Akar, which stated that thoughts of all Greeks with grieving families, wounded and rescue teams fighting to save lives. Nikos Panagiotopoulos was one of the first European ministers to declare his readiness to provide immediate assistance in the search for survivors.

With information from APE-MPE