Greece’s Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias will travel to the Crete Firing Range on Wednesday, 14 October 2026, where he will host Germany’s Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius for bilateral talks.
The discussions will focus on the challenges facing Europe in defence and security, strengthening bilateral cooperation on defence industry and technology, and the need to develop European defence capabilities that meet current and future strategic requirements.
On the sidelines of the meeting, the two defence ministers will also watch the PATRIOT and LEFLASYS-OZELOT air-defence systems fire, as well as a firing and certification test of the new IRIS-Τ SLM, air-defence system, as part of the “SPARTAN ARROW - 26” air-defence exercise.
The “SPARTAN ARROW” exercise is held annually by the German armed forces at NATO MISSILE FIRING INSTALLATION – NAMFI (Crete Firing Range).
The two ministers are due to make a joint statement to the press at around 14:40.