On Monday, January 29 2024, the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) General Dimitrios Choupis received a telephone call from the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili.
General Fayyad bin Hamed Al-Ruwaili congratulated the Chief of the HNDGS on assuming his duties and wished him success in his challenging task.
Subsequently, issues of mutual interest and current international developments were discussed, with particular emphasis on the prevailing situation in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East.
The Chief of the HNDGS extended an invitation to his counterpart to officially visit Greece at the earliest convenience.