Medusa drill highlights Athens and Cairo’s bond

This year's Medusa 24 exercise, which will take place throughout the area surrounding Crete, reaching as far as Kasos and Karpathos, highlights Greece and Egypt's extremely close relationship, as well as cooperation with key players in the EU and the wider region of the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.

As is well known, the two islands serve as baselines for the partial delimitation of Greece's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with Egypt.

The drill will include forces from Saudi Arabia and France, in addition to the Republic of Cyprus. Saudi Arabia and Egypt are regarded as the two barometers of Arab attitudes in the Middle East. 

Furthermore, in recent years, Athens and Riyadh have grown closer, based on a broader geostrategic perspective for the area.

The geographic scope of the execution of the Medusa scenarios is also an indirect reminder on the...