Development & Investments Minister Adonis Georgiadis met with Israel's visiting Minister of Innovation, Science & Technology Ofir Akunis on Friday.

In a statement after the meeting, Georgiadis said that organizing the visit of a Greek business mission to Israel and welcoming one from Israel was discussed in great detail.

The Greek minister added that they also discussed the two countries' ongoing collaboration in start-ups, research facilities, and in the context of the Thessaloniki Innovation & Technology Center (Thess INTEC).

"It is a vision of ours to bring Greece and Israel together through Thessaloniki," he noted.

Through more meetings and potentially more funding, noted Deputy Minister of Development & Investments Christos Dimas after the meeting, start-ups, scientists and entrepreneurs in Greece and Israel can cooperate even more effectively in new technologies, agri-food, defense and security, energy and cybersecurity.