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A new Defence Industry Cooperation between Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Delegation under defence Minister Khalid bin Salman Al Saud visited Baykar and TUSAŞ Facilities to inspect Kaan and Kizilelma Programms. It's a Sign that Saudi Arabia show interest for the turkish Programms to gain independence from western Weapon Deliveries. Another important step Saudi Arabia took in this Direction was the Signment of an MOU with three turkish Defence Companies Aselsan, BaykarTech and Fergani with SAMI(Saudi Arabia Military Industries). SAMI will manufacture Akinci UCAV, ASELFLIR-500 & 600, MURAD AESA Radar in Saudi Arabia. The Cooperation with Fergani is aimed at joint Development of Space Systems. Sources: https://turdef.com/article/sami-signs-mou-with-turkish-defence-firms https://youtu.be/teGcQDZm6Tw?si=K_vSc1P0mpNJdT31

The greek - french Defence Agreement

On the 27th September in 2021 Greece and France signed a mutual Defence Agreement. This Agreement include Article 2, that tey aid each other in Case of an armed on their Territory. The Agreement was made after Tensions between Greece and Turkey in the eastern Mediterran rose high in second half of 2020.  <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8134220077089686" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> The Agreement also include the delivery of 24 Rafale Fighter Jets to Greece and three to four Frigates of the Bellhara Class. This mean Greece profit in two Ways from this Agreement: 1: Greece likey secured direct french military Support in Case of an armed Conflict with Turkey. 2: Greece got Access to advanced french Weaponary to modernise it's armed Forces. The greek - french mutual Defence Agreement have one weak Point, it does not apply to the EEZ(Exclusive Economic Zone). In the International L...