Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces Lt. General Osama Askar had a meeting with Chief of the General Staff of the Greek Armed Forces Lieutenant General Konstantinos Floros to discuss strategic cooperation between the two sides.

The Greek chief of staff and his accompanying delegation are currently paying an official visit to Egypt to attend the main stage of a joint air and naval drill dubbed (MEDUSA 12).

Forces from Egypt, Greece, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and the US are taking part in the several-days-long training in the Mediterranean Sea.

The UAE, Bahrain, Germany, France, Morocco, Jordan, Congo and Romania are taking part in the exercise as observers.

The main stage started with a detailed briefing on the training activities and timeline aboard Anwar El Sadat aircraft carrier.

The participating troops conducted a parachute drop by paratroops and a raid on a coastal target, in addition to carrying out air bombardment against a number of hostile targets on the coast by multi-tasking aircraft.

The training involved the execution of artillery shooting by the marine units against atypical targets.

The drill included searching suspicious ships and training on how to counter an air attack.

Naval units and multi-tasking aircraft from the participating countries presented a joint show at the conclusion of the main stage.

Source: State Information Service Egypt