According to Naval News, Greece signed a letter of intent with the Netherlands to send more warships to its Navy.
The letter of intent includes the possibility of the Royal Netherlands Navy transferring two M-class frigates and six Alkmaar-class mine countermeasures vessels (MCMV) to the Greek Navy.
Aristeidis Alexopoulos, the general director of the Greek defense procurement agency (GDDIA), and Arie Jan de Waard, the director of the Dutch Defense Materiel Organization, signed the letter of intent on the sidelines of the NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) in Brussels on Wednesday (DMO).
The Greek Navy already has 13 frigates, including nine Dutch Kortenaer class frigates, and in September ordered three French FDI class frigates.
Furthermore, Greece has negotiated various multibillion-dollar arms deals with Israel for Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and missiles, with France for Rafael fighters, and with the United States to upgrade its F-16 fighter jets to the latest Viper form.
