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Egypt, Greece discuss boosting naval cooperation

Egypt, Greece discuss boosting naval cooperation

Commander of the Egyptian Navy Ashraf Atwa met with Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Dimitrios Kataras and his accompanying delegation during his official visit to the navy command in Alexandria.
This comes within the framework of the keenness of the Armed Forces to boost aspects of military cooperation with sisterly and friendly countries.
The meeting discussed a number of issues of mutual interest and means to promote naval cooperation in the coming stage.
Both sides asserted the importance of supporting strategic partnership relations between the Egyptian and Greek armed forces within the framework of supporting bilateral ties between both countries in the different domains.

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