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Greece will cooperate with Israel on anti-drone systems and cybersecurity, Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said Tuesday after meeting his Israeli counterpart in the Greek capital.
“We agreed to exchange views and know-how to be able to deal with drones and in particular, swarms of unmanned vehicles and groups of unmanned subsea vehicles,” Dendias said in joint statements with Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“We will also work together to be ready to intercept cyber threats,” he added.
After the meeting, Dendias said in a post on the social media platform X that he had welcomed Katz to the Ministry of National Defense as part of an official visit.
“Today I had the great pleasure of welcoming the Minister of Defence of the State of Israel, Mr. @Israel_katz, at the Ministry of National Defence, in the context of this official visit to Athens. We discussed the Greece-Israel strategic defense relations and the prospect for further enhancement,” Dendias wrote.
The meeting came as Israel, Greece, and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus signed a trilateral working plan for military cooperation in late December 2025.
Greece and the Greek Cypriot administration have already purchased missile systems from Israel worth billions of euros.
Athens is also in talks to procure medium- and long-range anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile systems from Israel as part of a planned multilayer air and drone defense shield known as Achilles Shield, estimated to cost about 3 billion euros ($3.5 billion).
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Greece last year approved the purchase of 36 Israeli-made PULS rocket artillery systems for about €650 million ($762.52 million).
Athens has also discussed cooperation with Israel on a multilayer air, missile and drone defense system.
“We are equally determined regarding another critical issue: not to allow actors who seek to undermine regional stability to gain a foothold through terror, aggression or military proxies in Syria, in Gaza, or in the Aegean Sea,” Katz said.
Neither Dendias nor Katz specified which actors they believe could pose drone, cyber or other security threats.
Greece and Israel maintain strong economic and diplomatic relations. The two countries operate an air training center on Greek territory and have conducted joint military exercises in recent years.
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