ANKARA (Anadolu) – An expanding American military presence in Greece was protested in the northern port city of Alexandroupolis, according to media reports.
The demonstration on Saturday organized by the Committee of Struggle Against the Greek-American Military Treaty and the Base in Alexandroupolis also had the participation of various trade unions, pensioners’ unions, student unions as well as the local branch of the International Detente and Peace Committee (EEDYE), said news outlet 902.gr.
Protesters burned the U.S., EU and NATO flags, it added.
Earlier, another protest against the U.S.- Greece military treaty and the expanding American military presence in the country was held in the port city’s municipal theatre.
Elpida Pantelaki, general secretary of EEDYE, condemned the utilization of the port by the U.S. military.
No one can remain merely a spectator to the fact that the city and the county’s Eastern Macedonia and Thrace region is being transformed into an imperialist base, she said.
A retired admiral of the Greek Navy, Georgoios Roidis, and representatives of different trade unions also addressed the crowd, the news outlet noted.