NATO aviation training center will be set up in city of Kalamata, located in the Peloponnese region of Greece, Panos Kammenos, the Greek defense minister, said at a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers on Thursday.
ATHENS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 04th October, 2018) NATO aviation training center will be set up in city of Kalamata, located in the Peloponnese region of Greece, Panos Kammenos, the Greek defense minister, said at a meeting of the alliance's defense ministers on Thursday.
"Greece is one of the countries that fully meets the requirements of the alliance ... very soon an aviation training center [will be established] in Kalamata," Kammenos said, as quoted by the ministry's press service.
The minister underlined that Greece was "an oasis" of stability in the historically turbulent Balkan region.
NATO has been significantly increasing its presence in Eastern Europe since the start of the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, using Russia's alleged interference in Ukrainian internal affairs as a pretext. Moscow has denied all accusations.
Moscow has repeatedly voiced its protest over the NATO military buildup, saying that it will only undermine regional stability and result in a new arms race.
