Greece denies German report on arms purchase
PLA Daily 2004-02-03
ATHENS, Feb. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The Greek government on Monday dismissed a report in the German magazine "Der Spiegel" concerningalleged irregularities in the deal for the purchase of 170 German-made "Leopard" 2HEL tanks by the Greek armed forces. Government spokesman Christos Protopapas said the magazine's report was "totally unfounded" and did not offer any proof, while stressing that everything concerning the purchase had followed theletter of the law with absolute transparency.
The contract for the purchase of the tanks was signed by Greece with the German company Krauss Maffei Wegmann last March. The total cost of the deal was 1.7 billion euros, or 8.18 million euros for per tank.
The first batch of tanks will be delivered in 2005.
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