Hellenic Navy chief Vice Admiral Dimitrios-Eleftherios Kataras completed an official visit to Israel, meeting with Israeli Navy Commander Vice Admiral Eyal Harel. The two agreed to establish new groundbreaking cooperation mechanisms, reflecting deepening bilateral maritime security ties amid growing Eastern Mediterranean threats, the IDF said.
The visit, which ran from earlier today, included tours of the Haifa naval base, missile vessels, submarines, and the Shayetet 13 commando unit in Atlit. The commanders conducted an aerial tour and visited northern Israel and communities near the Gaza Strip. The IDF emphasized the importance of cooperation in light of growing threats to freedom of navigation and regional stability.
As The Zioneer reported earlier today, the visit continues an ongoing thread of deepening Israel-Greece maritime ties. The operational and intelligence briefings covered lessons from the current war, the strategic situation, and naval force development aims.
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