National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias on Saturday had a series of meetings on the sidelines of the 15th Sir Bani Yas Forum in the United Arab Emirates.
Among them was a private meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr Badr Abdelatty, while he also noted in a post on X his meetings with the foreign minister of Cyprus, Constantinos Kombos, United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir O. Pedersen, the former UN envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame, the former prime minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel and others attending the forum.
In a second post on X, Dendias noted the following meetings: "At the 15th Bani Yas Forum in the UAE, with Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Foreign Affairs Minister of Bahrain Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani, Foreign Affairs Minister of Egypt Dr Badr Abdelatty, former Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz and General Petraeus, with whom I had met in Athens in April, where we discussed the ecosystem of Defence Innovation."