Why did Greece guarantee the Varyag?

Greece is willing to help China, largely because it is Turkey that makes our country difficult, in order to contain Turkey.

Greece and Turkey have been fighting each other since ancient times, and there have been ethnic, territorial and territorial disputes between the two countries. It can be said that new hatred and old hatred are vivid. Turkey ruled and oppressed Greece for 400 years, Greece threatened Turkey, and the two countries fought for Cyprus.

In fact, Turkey's popularity is not good. Although Greece is a NATO country like him, there are many grievances between them, even dating back to one hundred years ago. During World War I, Greece invaded Turkey, but it didn't succeed. After the end of World War II, relations between the two countries became worse and worse, and finally they even went to war directly.

In order to bring back the Varyag, China also negotiated with Turkey for a long time and put forward many conditions. However, Turkey's attitude is very tough, and the purpose of doing so is also very obvious. That is, if China wants to bring back the Varyag, it can only defend the Strait through them, and Turkey will of course blackmail it.

China had to find other countries to guarantee itself. Later, China found Greece, and Greece readily agreed to help China guarantee. Under its intervention, Turkey had to let go and agreed to let the Varyag pass.

The Greeks also helped China find a tugboat company. In the process of transporting the Varyag, Greece also lost a sailor, which also made the relationship between Greece and China very good.

So the Greeks are willing to help China, or because they have many contradictions with Turkey in geography and sea area, so helping China is equivalent to opposing Turkey. However, at that time, Greece, as a member of NATO, really needed a lot of courage to openly help China.

Although Greece did not help us to provide Turkey with a guarantee of 654.38 billion US dollars, it did help us. 20111654381On 3 October, the Varyag and six tugboats bound for the Aegean Sea in Greece were hit by a typhoon with a magnitude of 10, and the situation was critical. They sent emergency assistance to the Greek Aegean Maritime Bureau, but Greece did not take the opportunity to rip it off.

Instead, a rescue helicopter was dispatched quickly and rushed to the incident area regardless of the storm. After the control of Varyag's unpowered system failed, the Greek rescue helicopter landed on the deck of Varyag, rescued seven crew members, including three Russian crew members, three Ukrainian crew members and 1 Filipino crew members, and sent them to a military airport west of Athens.

In order to help the Varyag cross the Aegean Sea, they also sacrificed a crew member, which our country can never forget.