The new year started in the best way for the Greek company Double Action Defense SA which manufactures ballistic protection material and systems. More specifically, the Greek company managed to be selected by the special forces of the Kuwaiti Police for the supply of 3,000 bulletproof vests following an international tender in which 12 companies from all over the world participated.

Joint training of units from Greece, Egypt, France, the UAE, and Cyprus took place in a sea area north of Alexandria. The PASSEX (passing exercise) took place in the context of the preparation of the bilateral interdisciplinary exercise Greece-Egypt "Medusa 10".

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday in an interview with Sky News Arabia, during his stay in the United Arab Emirates, that Turkey is acting as a troublemaker in the region and this observation is not confined to Greek-Turkish relations.