The Minister of National Defence, Nikos Dendias, will visit NAMFI in Crete on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, where he will receive the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany, Boris Pistorius, with whom he will have a bilateral meeting.
The focus of the discussions will be the challenges facing Europe in the area of Defence and Security, the enhancement of bilateral cooperation on defence industry and technology, as well as the need to develop European defence capabilities which can address current and future strategic requirements.
Furthermore, within the framework of the meeting, the two Ministers of Defence will attend live fires of the PATRIOT and LEFLASYS-OZELOT anti-air systems, as well as a live-fire certification of the new IRIS-Τ SLM air defence system, within the framework of air defence exercise “SPARTAN ARROW – 26”. Exercise “SPARTAN ARROW” is an annual exercise conducted by the German Armed Forces at the NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) in Crete.
This will be followed by a joint press conference (at approximately 14:40).
