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Defence Minister on official visit to Egypt

15/10/2018 14:53

Cypriot Minister of Defence Savvas Angelides is on an official visit to Egypt on Monday, at the invitation of his Egyptian counterpart, Lieutenant General Mohamed Zaki, in the framework of enhancing and upgrading the excellent relations of the two countries on a Ministry of Defence level.
 
Angelides, heading a Ministry of Defence delegation, will be officially welcomed at the Egyptian Ministry of Defence by his counterpart and talks with the participation of their delegations will follow.
 
The talks will cover regional security and cooperation, energy security and prospects for cooperation in the Eastern Mediterranean, bilateral relations and ways to strengthen them, and other issues of mutual interest.
 
Angelides will also visit the Unknown Soldier Memorial, where he will lay a wreath.
 
According to a press release, the ties between the two Ministries have been strengthened over the past year, with the signing of military memoranda of understanding and joint training and manoeuvres, many of which on a trilateral level with Greece.