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ISRAEL, GREECE SIGN MOU IN SECURITY SECTOR
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2011 - 12:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Greek Defense Minister Panos Beglitis and his
Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, with whom he met in Jerusalem on
Sunday, September 4 afternoon, starting his three-day official visit
to Israel, signed a Cooperation Memorandum in the security sector,
defencegreece.com reported.
"I come as my country's Defense Minister to state our political will
as a government, as well as the majority of the country's political
forces, for the two countries, the two governments, the two peoples,
to work together so that we can further develop and deepen our
bilateral relations in all sectors of mutual interest and concern,"
Beglitis said.
This is the first visit by a Greek Defense minister to Israel and part
of a cooperation memorandum agreed last year between Prime Minister
George Papandreou and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
while it is also taking place at a moment when Israel's relations
with Turkey are worsening, shaping new balance factors in the region
of the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Greek Defense Minister clarified, however, that his visit
exclusively concerns bilateral relations with the state of Israel and
is not functioning competitively with other countries in the region.
He said he shares concerns on the security of the state of Israel and
its legal right that emanates from International Law on self defense,
condemning all those terrorist acts from organizations that operate
from occupied Palestinian territory against citizens of the State
of Israel.
Barak also spoke with positive words of the upgrading of the
two countries' military and defense cooperation, expressing his
satisfaction over his Greek counterpart's visit.
"We are seeing with satisfaction the deepening and widening of
relations between us and the Greeks in all sectors, including the
security sector, and we desire to see the deepening and widening
of this cooperation between the governments, between the Defense
Ministries and between our peoples," Barak said.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 5, 2011 - 12:12 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Greek Defense Minister Panos Beglitis and his
Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak, with whom he met in Jerusalem on
Sunday, September 4 afternoon, starting his three-day official visit
to Israel, signed a Cooperation Memorandum in the security sector,
defencegreece.com reported.
"I come as my country's Defense Minister to state our political will
as a government, as well as the majority of the country's political
forces, for the two countries, the two governments, the two peoples,
to work together so that we can further develop and deepen our
bilateral relations in all sectors of mutual interest and concern,"
Beglitis said.
This is the first visit by a Greek Defense minister to Israel and part
of a cooperation memorandum agreed last year between Prime Minister
George Papandreou and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,
while it is also taking place at a moment when Israel's relations
with Turkey are worsening, shaping new balance factors in the region
of the Eastern Mediterranean.
The Greek Defense Minister clarified, however, that his visit
exclusively concerns bilateral relations with the state of Israel and
is not functioning competitively with other countries in the region.
He said he shares concerns on the security of the state of Israel and
its legal right that emanates from International Law on self defense,
condemning all those terrorist acts from organizations that operate
from occupied Palestinian territory against citizens of the State
of Israel.
Barak also spoke with positive words of the upgrading of the
two countries' military and defense cooperation, expressing his
satisfaction over his Greek counterpart's visit.
"We are seeing with satisfaction the deepening and widening of
relations between us and the Greeks in all sectors, including the
security sector, and we desire to see the deepening and widening
of this cooperation between the governments, between the Defense
Ministries and between our peoples," Barak said.