GREEK MILITARY TO PROVIDE ATC SERVICES TO NORTHERN MACEDONIA AS FORMER ENEMIES MULL FUTURE AVIATION COOPERATION
April 1st, 2019
GREECE and the newly renamed Republic of North Macedonia have struck a military agreement enabling Greece to help monitor its neighbour’s air space, including for civilian flights. During a visit to the North Macedonian capital Skopje, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted the deal between the two country’s defence ministers includes the Hellenic Air Force providing air traffic control services to Northern Macedonia, which it will monitor via radar. This will boost “the safety of flights in its airspace,” said Tsipras. Greece already provides such ...
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