Government and Military

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Athens, 1 September 1998

Dear Ms Zelter,

Thank you for your letter, which I read with sincere interest. It tackles a very sensitive issue that has been at the core of the discussion for the building up of the post Cold War era. Nuclear weapons and, generally, weapons of mass destruction had been one of the main features of the Cold War strategy. Disarmament and collective security structures should be the ingredients of the new era.

Greece has always supported gradual disarmament of nuclear weapons. Although we understand defense and security sensibilities of major nuclear powers, we belive that every effort should be undertaken to decrease the production and eliminate the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. We, therefore, hope that a global understanding on nuclear disarmament will be reached soon.

Yours sincerely,

Theodoros Pangalos

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