The Minister of National Defence, Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos participates in the 56th Security Conference in Munich

February 14, 2020

Today, 14 February 2020, the Minister of National Defence, Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos is in Munich, in order to participate in the works of the 56th Security Conference.

In the context of the Conference, the Minister will have informal, short meetings with participants’ officials, as well as his counterparts from Lebanon and Georgia, the parliamentary Deputy Minister of the Defence of Germany and the Head of the Political-Military Affairs of Israel, who represents the Minister of Defence of Israel.

Tomorrow, 15 February 2020, Mr. Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos will participate in the breakfast meeting from the ‘Think Tank Cohen Group’, where the Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, General Tod Wolters AF, will deliver an address; the U.S. Secretary of Defence, Mr. Mark Esper and the President of the House of Representatives Mrs. Nancy Pelosi will also participate.

Next, the Minister of National Defence will meet with a group of U.S. members of the Parliament and Senators, in order to examine Defence Cooperation issues, between Greece and the U.S.A.