PH Participates to the 2021 Defense Exhibition Athens (DEFEA)
Ambassador Giovanni E. Palec (5th from the left) together with AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana (5th from the right), PAF Maj. Gen. Nestor Florente Rayos (4th from the left) and the members of the AFP delegation. (Athens PE photo)
ATHENS 20 July 2021 – The Philippine delegation headed by Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Major General Nestor Florente DC Rayos of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) arrived in Athens on 10 and 12 July 2021, respectively, to participate to the 2021 Defense Exhibition Athens (DEFEA) held at Metropolitan Expo on 13 to 15 July 2021.
Prior to the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the Philippine delegation paid a courtesy call on the Philippine Ambassador to Greece Giovanni E. Palec, and discussed the participation of the Philippines to the DEFEA and its importance not only in strengthening the bilateral relations of the Philippines and Greece but also in creating an opportunity for the Philippines to establish a framework of international contacts, industrial cooperation and information exchanges on modern technological developments with other participating countries and international exhibitors. END
AFP Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana (middle), PAF Major General Nestor Florente Rayos (6th from the left), Colonel Stefanos Stasinopoulos of the Hellenic Defense (6th from the right), and the members of the AFP delegation at the opening ceremony of the DEFEA 2021. (Athens PE photo)
Ambassador Giovanni E. Palec together with Chief of Staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana and Maj. Gen. Nestor Florente Rayos in one of the 315 participating defense exhibitors’ booths at Metropolitan Expo Center. (Athens PE photo)
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