The 5th Trilateral Meeting of Cyprus, Egypt and Greece on Defence and Security issues, at the level of Defence Ministers, will take place on Monday in Cairo.
As the Ministry of Defence said in a statement, the meeting is a result of the excellent cooperation between the three countries in recent years, which has been a model and a pole of attraction for regional and other friendly countries.
The Minister of Defence of the Republic of Cyprus, Haralambos Petrides, together with the Minister of Defence of the Arab Republic of Egypt, General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki and the Minister of Defence of Greece, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, will have the opportunity to discuss and exchange views on issues concerning the further strengthening of cooperation, with the aim of security and stability in the region.
At the same time, he added, they are expected to discuss the latest developments in Ukraine, the ongoing threats to the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region which undermine peace and stability.
During his visit to Cairo, the Defence Minister will also meet with his Egyptian counterpart at bilateral level to assess the progress of cooperation between the two countries and discuss ways to further strengthen it.
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