Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos addressed the Research & Technology Conference 2013: Critical Defence Technologies – Exploring Innovation Together Conference, co-organised by the European Defence Agency and the Greek National Defence Ministry in Athens on December 5-6.

Avramopoulos underscored that “(…) increased collaboration in Research & Technology worths the extra efforts, as it prevents duplication of national investments and leads to economies of scale. This is also one of the priorities of the Hellenic Presidency, as from January 1st 2014.”

He also said that “Heads of States and Governments have realized that the forthcoming European Council is not the end of the “defence journey” but the beginning of a new European Defence future. For this reason, all EU partners should contribute to EDA’s bright future remains on their own hands.

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