Vasilis Palmas

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Cypriot Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss strengthening of bilateral cooperation, especially in defence and security, which he said was enormously significant for contributing to peace and stability in the region.

Bolstering Cyprus' defense capacity is critical for the east Mediterranean island nation so close to the war-wrecked Middle East, the country's defense minister has said.

The grand military parade marked the conclusion of today’s celebrations for the triple commemoration of Saint Demetrius, the patron saint of Thessaloniki, the anniversary of Thessaloniki’s liberation, and the national anniversary of October 28, 1940.

NICOSIA - Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic began a three-day visit to Cyprus on Tuesday with discussions about bilateral military cooperation and opportunities for its advancement as well as contemporary regional and global security challenges.

Greece is in talks with the US to co-produce US-designed Constellation-class frigates, Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said on Monday.
 
"We are discussing with the US the joint design and co-production of the new generation of Constellation frigates," Dendias said after a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart, Vasilis Palmas in Athens.
 

Greek Cypriot leaders on ethnically split Cyprus have turned down a renewed proposal by breakaway Turkish Cypriots to form a joint committee on managing natural gas discovered offshore the east Mediterranean island nation.

The Cyprus issue, energy and regional developments are among the issues to be discussed during the Cyprus-Greece-Israel trilateral summit, to be held on Thursday in the Israeli city of Beer Sheva.