Egyptian, Greek defense ministers discuss military cooperation

CAIRO – 19 April 2018: Minister of Defense and Military Production Sedqi Sobhi had talks on Thursday with his Greek counterpart Panos Kammenos on boosting military cooperation between the two countries.

During their meeting, Sobhi extolled the level of cooperation and coordination between Egypt and Greece in the military and security fields.

Sobhi said he is looking forward to strengthening cooperation between the two countries' Armed Forces.

For his part, the Greek minister asserted that both countries shared identical views on means of dealing with a host of files related to challenges to efforts exerted to maintain international peace and security.

The meeting was held at the premises of the General Secretariat of the Defense Ministry.

It was attended by the Greek ambassador and military attache in Cairo and several military top brass.