In her current position Greek government vis-.-vis Russia, refers to an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung by the correspondent, Michael Martens, attempting a comparison at the time of the NATO bombing of Serbia.
As he points out “when a war broke out in Europe, Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo in the 1990s, there was great sympathy in Greece for the attackers. The regime of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic has been openly supported in many media outlets and on the streets. This was especially evident in 1999 when NATO intervened on the Kosovo side. The then Prime Minister Costas Simitis, a socialist, he had to fight to keep Greece, a NATO member, on the course of the alliance. Almost a quarter of a century later, the picture is different».
And he adds that “Can the policy of Russian warlord Vladimir Putin enjoy the support of a smaller part of the Greek population?, a clear majority, however, opposes Moscow ‘s aggression against Ukraine. This is related to a Ukrainian city, whose name was well known in Greece long before the Russian invasion: Mariupol. The city in southeastern Ukraine and its environs is home to most of the Greek minority in Ukraine».
In addition, the article refers to visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendiasin Mariupol last February and in Odessa in April and on statements of support for the Greek minority.
As for the comparison again with the bombings in Serbia and the interest of Greece writes: «Two Orthodox states are at war in Ukraine, while the victims in 1999 were mostly Catholic Croats, Muslim Albanians and Bosnians, for whom much of Greek society felt little sympathy for its imaginary closeness to the Serb orthodox ‘brother people’. In any case, the Greek government’s clear stance against Russian aggression can be based on the view of the majority.».
Deutsche Welle
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