Indian Air Force Chief Greece Visit: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Cyprus, Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh is on a visit to Greece. The special thing is that both Greece and Cyprus are countries in the Mediterranean Sea region. Both of them have old feud with Turki. The Turkias helped Pakistan during Operation Sindoor.

For the last few years, India’s defense partnership from Alexander’s country Greece has been increasing. In the year 2024, the Greece Air Force reached India, so now Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh is in Greece on an official visit to strengthen the relationship.

Greece Air Force gave a grand reception
The Indian Air Force was given a grand welcome by the Greece Air Force and was given the Guard of Honor. Giving information on the social media platform ‘X’, the Indian Air Force said that the main objective of this visit is to further strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the field of operation and training. Air Chief Marshal AP Singh visited Greece’s fighter unit and participated in the staff tox. Air forces of both countries have already participated in joint military exercises such as ‘Inios-23’, ‘Inios-25’ and ‘Tarang Shakti-24’.

Why Air Chief Marshal Singh’s visit to Greece is necessary
Air Chief Marshal Singh, besides Greece’s fighter unit, also visited the Halenic Air Force Academy at Decliane Airbase. During this time, mutual training, technical cooperation and joint military schemes were discussed in detail between the military officials of the two countries. The visit of Air Chief Marshal AP Singh will also empower defense partnership and India’s global military diplomacy. Earlier, Greece’s Air Force Chief Lieutenant General Demosthenis Gregoridis, at the Halenic Air Force General Staff located at Greece’s Papagu Military Base, was formalized by Air Chief Marshal AP Singh. This tour is expected to give a new direction to the ongoing military cooperation between the two countries.

How is Greece’s relationship with Turki?
Greece has a figure of thirty -six with Turkas. The two countries have been in dispute in the Mediterranean Sagar and Azian C for the last several decades. There has been a long tension in both countries regarding Cyprus. Greece needs global support against Turki. In such a situation, ‘World-Leader’ i.e. Vishwaguru India cannot be an important country. This is the same Turki who never forgets to support Pakistan on the global platform on the issue of Kashmir. After the Pahalgam massacre, the President of Turki was laughing a lot with the Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif, while Erdogan also sent weapons against India. The second thing was that all the drones of the Turki failed in front of India. During Operation Sindoor, the Turki drone was defeated by the Indian air defense system in the air itself. It is believed that the Air Force chief also discussed Operation Sindoor in talks with his Greek counterpart and explained how the Indian Air Force destroyed the airbase of Pakistan.

Greece Prime Minister Kiriyakos Mitsotakis visits India
Security challenges are increasing in the Mediterranean Sea and Indo-Pacific sector, at such a time India and Greece military cooperation will strengthen the strategic preparations of the two countries. In the last few years, India and Greece have come together to deal with this strategic challenges. Last year, Greece Prime Minister Kiriyakos Mitsotakis also visited India (20-24 February 2024). His visit was not limited to alive the relations between ancient India and Greece (modern Greece) once again, but it had many strategic matters.

Pakistan-Turkey Relations: Even though the Turki drones have failed in the attack against India, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and ‘Field) Marshars Munir have reached Istanbul to express gratitude to their supreme friends. In Istanbul, Shahbaz and Munir have met Turk’s President Erdogan.

After meeting Erdogan, Shahbaz thanked India for the help of the Turki during the recent military conflict (6–10 May). In fact, in response to India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan used Yiva drone in the attack for the attack. That is another thing that all these drones of Turki had failed and India had killed.

Pakistan gets Turki’s support
Immediately after the Pahalgam massacre, Pakistan filled a cargo ship and ordered a large consignment of drone from Turki. Pakistan included Turkas and Chinese drones in Khilaan Al Masroor of Operation Sindoor, which launched Bunyan Al Masroor. Between 7-10 May, Pakistan launched about one thousand drones on India, but all were killed by the air defense of India.

Turkas tried to raise the issue of Kashmir
The special thing is that during the Pahalgam attack (April 22), Shahbaz Sharif and Erdogan were getting hugged in Ankara, the capital of Turki, and hugging. Turki’s support for Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir is not hiding from the world. From the United Nations (UN) to all international forums, Turkas have tried to raise the issue of Kashmir. Due to support to Pakistan during the drone attack, India has broken the Turki’s Aviation-Service Company Celebrate. Also, Boycott has started as a tourist-day of Turki in India.

Us-Turkey Weapon Deal: The Turkas openly supported Pakistan amidst the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan. By sending hundreds of drones and military operatives, the Turki gave technical and strategic help to Pakistan, which saw tremendous anger against Turki in India. The effect of this anger was seen on social media where #Boycotturkey started trending and from business to tourism, India started distance from Turki, but now meanwhile the decision that America has taken to sell missiles to Turki has given rise to new debate in India.

The US has approved the proposal to sell Turki to sell $ 304 million missiles. This approval was given at a time when the tension between India and Pakistan is at its peak and the Turkas are openly helping Pakistan. The missile deal includes the air-to-air AIM-12 AMRAAM missiles. Along with this, Turki has demanded 53 advanced medium range missiles at a cost of $ 225 million and 60 block second missiles at a cost of $ 79.1 million. This deal has been proposed by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), but it is yet to get the approval of the US Congress. If this approval is received, this deal will further strengthen the strategic relations between the two countries.

NATO cooperation between America and Turkia
The move is being seen as strengthening NATO cooperation between the US and the Turki. Turki is a major member of NATO and is considered one of the strategic military partners of America, but in India the question arises that when the Turkas are giving military help to the anti -India’s anti -India, is the US not a type of double game against India?

Turkias brought help to Pakistan
This issue becomes more sensitive when it is seen that recently the Turki had provided more than 350 drones and operating soldiers to Pakistan. These drones were used for terrorist activities and cross -border monitoring against India. Not only this, the Turki has also supported Pakistan in the statements made against India. In such a situation, the people of India and strategic analysts are raising the question whether America should have stopped this deal at the moment?

Opinion of India experts
Many experts in India believe that this move of America highlights its dual policy. On the one hand, he calls India a strategic partner on forums like Quad and on the other hand provides weapons to the country supporting Pakistan. This can cause a crack of mistrust in India and America relations. However, the US argues that this deal is to meet the security requirements of Turki as NATO aide, not a conspiracy against India. If seen diplomatically, the time and circumstances of this deal are quite sensitive.

Tension between Turkas and America
There has been tension between Turki and America earlier, especially when Turkia bought the S-400 missile defense system from Russia. The US then excluded the Turkas from the F-35 fighter jet program and had also imposed restrictions under CAATSA (Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act), but now the new deal indicates that America is trying to improve relations with Turki. At the same time, the Turki has repeatedly requested the US to include it again in the F-35 program, but there is no clear answer from the US yet. It remains to be seen whether the US lifts the ban on it if the Turkas limit their military relations with Russia.