At a special ceremony which took place at the Ministry of National Defence, the Minister of National Defence Mr. Panos Panagiotopoulos awarded to the Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee Danish General Knud Bartels the “Commendation Medal Star of Merit and Honour”.
The ceremony was also attended by the Deputy Ministers of National Defence Mr. Panayiotis Karambelas and Mr. Dimitris Elefsiniotis, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff General Michail Kostarakos, the Chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff Lieutenant General Athanassios Tselios, the Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff Vice Admiral Evangelos Apostolakis and the Chief of the Hellenic Air Force General Staff Lieutenant General (AF) Evaggelos Tournas.
Afterwards, Mr. Panagiotopoulos met with General Bartels and the two men discussed issues pertaining to the North-Atlantic Alliance, as well as matters of broader interest for Greece and NATO.
The meeting was also attended by the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff General Michail Kostarakos.
