Visit of the Chief of the Hellenic Navy in Israel

July 13, 2012 | Filed under: Navy

Vice Admiral Kosmas Christidis HN

The Chief of the Hellenic Navy, Vice Admiral Kosmas Christidis, concluded his first visit to Israel today, hosted by Commander in Chief of the Israeli Navy, Vice Admiral Ram Rutberg.

During the course of his visit, Vice Admiral Christidis sailed on an Israel Navy, Sa’ar 5- Class corvette and received security and strategic briefings by senior navy officers, and discussed the cooperation between the Israeli and Hellenic navies. The admiral was welcomed by an honorary Navy guard at the Haifa Navy Base. He also visited Yad Vashem, Israel‘s official Holocaust memorial, where he placed a wreath in memory of the victims.

The Commander in Chief of the Israel Navy, Vice Admiral Rutberg noted that the visit emphasizes the strong cooperation between the navies, adding that he sees great significance in preserving this relationship.

Source: idfblog.com

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  • John

    Israel has much to learn from the Greeks in the naval warfare.

    Israeli navy is comparatively small, it does not have an experience with the rival Turkish navy with which now competes in the Eastern Med. On the other hand Greeks knows the Turkish navy very well. Greeks also have an important naval history, expertise with NATO standard training, participation in multinational operations and exercises in which they excel, the experience of operating in extremely difficult for operation waters in the Aegean, a true nation of the sea indeed.

    Israel on the other hand can offer as an exchange its advanced military industry and technology.

    Both nations should care for the security in the Eastern Med against terrorist groups or states that will try to jeopardize the extraction of hydrocarbons and the ship lanes or underwater pipelines that will transfer these hydrocarbons to consumers.

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