Greece and Egypt to strengthen military cooperation with education deal

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Greek army officers will be able to enrol at Egypt’s highest military educational facility and the nation’s College of Command and Staff, the two countries have agreed.

The agreement was signed in Cairo by the head of Egypt’s Armed Forces Lieutenant General Osama Askar and the chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA), General Konstantinos Floros on Wednesday during his official visit to Egypt this week.

Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (GEETHA), General Konstantinos Floros and his Egyptian counterpart, Lieutenant General Osama Askar at the signing of the education protocol in Cairo. Photo: GEETHA

The protocol is part of the Military Cooperation Program of Greece and Egypt, and repays the participation of Egyptian Officers in the respective Greek military schools.

According to a press release issued by GEETHA, the program will “strengthen further the relations of the two countries in matters of education” whilst also “contributing to the synergy and interoperability of the Armed forces of Greece and Egypt.”

Floros and his Egyptian counterpart discussed the security challenges faced by Greece and Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean as well as the situation in Ukraine after the Russian invasion and its effects on the wider region.

Whilst exchanging views on the adverse consequences of revisionism and interventionism in the affairs of other states, the pair discussed the role of the Greek and Egyptian armed forces to offer mutual support and consolidate their own security and stability.

The GEETHA Chief particularly pointed out that Greece and Egypt share common goals to ensure peace in the wider region respecting and remaining firmly committed to International Law and the rules of good neighbourliness, “unlike Turkey, whose rhetoric and provocative actions against our country are constantly escalating.”

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