“In today’s meeting with the new Ambassador of Italy, Mr. Paolo Cuculi, we discussed the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the defense sector as well as between the defense innovation ecosystems of the two countries”, says the Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, in a post about with the meeting he had with the new ambassador of Italy..

“We also exchanged views on the security challenges in the wider region, and, in this context, it was emphasized the need to respect International Law and the International Law of the Sea”, he added.

Mr. Dendias emphasized that “I thanked Italy for the support of our proposal for the Headquarters of Larissaas the Headquarters of the European Operation “SHIELDS”, in the Red Sea”.