Egypt’s naval forces on Sunday carried out joint maritime transit training with Spanish forces in the Red Sea at the Berenice Military Base, as part of the Egyptian army’s plan to strengthen military cooperation with friendly countries.

The Egyptian and Greek navies carried out transient maritime training in the Northern Fleet of the Mediterranean Jan. 28, with the participation of the Egyptian frigate Taba and the Greek HS Hydra F-452 warship that had stopped at the port of Alexandria, where various professional training activities were carried out.

The Egyptian and Greek Naval Forces carried out Thursday a joint military exercise in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met with Greek Defense Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, agreeing on strengthening the joint military exercises between the two sides, as well as at the tripartite level with Cyprus, according to a statement from the Egyptian Presidency.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is participating for the first time, along with new arrival France, in the joint Greek-Egyptian-Cypriot Medusa-10 training exercises being held Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 off the coast of Alexandria.

Egypt Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday began the “Medusa 10” naval and aerial training session featuring the participation of Egyptian, Greek and Cypriot air/naval forces, which will last for several days on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

On their way to the homeland from Russia, units of the Egyptian and Greek naval forces carried out joint maritime training with Greek forces in the Mediterranean, said the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in a statement on Monday.

The Egyptian naval forces and their French counterpart have carried out a transit naval exercise in the Mediterranean, according to a Tuesday statement from the Egyptian Armed Forces official Facebook page. 

Three Egyptian warships crossed the Bosphorus Strait on their way to take part in drills with Russian Naval Force in the Black Sea, Turkish daily Hurriyet reported on Sunday.

A number of naval vessels of the Egyptian Armed Forces has left the Alexandria Naval Base and headed to the Black Sea where a joint Egyptian-Russian naval training (Friendship Bridge-3) would take place, announced the Egyptian Ministry of Defense in a statement on Monday.