Saudi Chief of General Staff Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili presented Greek Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff Gen. Dimitrios Choupis with the King Abdulaziz Medal, First Class, in Riyadh, pursuant to an order by King Salman bin Abdulaziz, supreme commander of the Saudi armed forces.
The medal was awarded in recognition of Choupis' efforts to strengthen friendship, expand bilateral cooperation and develop relations between Saudi Arabia and Greece.
Al-Ruwaili had held talks with Choupis in Riyadh, where the two sides reviewed military and defense cooperation and ways to enhance bilateral ties, as well as discussed issues of mutual interest.