"ABOUT THE GREEK AMERICAN RELATIONS"

The ten demands of Washington to the Greek Government

According to the "Free Press", the demands of the outgoing Bush administration to the Greek government are as follows:

• Remove all national restrictions in Afghanistan. In other words, to leave the Greek force serving there outside Kabul and participate normally in enterprises under the command of the NATO commander. At the moment the Greek force has the right to open fire only in self-defense case and can move only within Kabul and its environs of nearby.

• Contribution to cover the costs of NATO early warning aircraft (AWACS). •

Participation in the financing of the special fund to cover the needs of the Alliance helicopters (mainly aggressive and transport). Since 2003 there is a request to grant NATO offensive helicopters AH-64 Apache. Prime Minister Karamanlis responded positively to the Franco-German initiative developed in the NATO summit in Bucharest. In December at the NATO summit will be finalized costs for all Member States will not participate financially and operationally, and therefore for Greece.

• Direct activation of the decision of KYSEA (early 2008) for procurement of U.S. 120 mm ammunition for the German tanks Leoparnt and not making contest, as appears to be the final decision of the Pentagon.

• Exploitation of the Greek presidency of the OSCE from 1 January 2009 to promote the NATO-led crisis line in Georgia. The issue is enormously interested in Washington because it touches the core of the confrontation american - russian relations for world domination.

• Upgrading of the Greek anti-Patriot systems from PAC-2 to PAC-3 level for greater coverage, compared with the current potential of 170 km of radar range and the 150 km-range projectile. As Greece is not involved directly in the missile defense program but asked to work together, this proposed upgrade. The government should decide until early 2009.

• recovery from the natural gas Gazprom. The United States encourage the pipeline Turkey-Greece-Italy that would carry Azerbaijani gas and does not contemplate that there can be channeled Russian gas. Also to the greek - russian agreement on the pipeline South Stream.

• Acceptance of «Nimits package» and review the position of Karamanlis for «a name against all», in order to overcome the Greek veto on Macedonia's accession to NATO.

• Recognition of Kosovo. As a first step for the stamping of passports of Kosovo instead of regular sealing attached white paper.

• Stability in place for Turkey's full membership of the European Union and reject the ideas of the French President N. Sarkozy for a special Turkey-EU relationship., Which can not be ruled discussed at the EU Summit in mid-December.

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