Cypriot National Guard Chief Meets US Counterpart at Pentagon

NEW YORK – On May 1, 2025, Lt. Gen. Georgios Tsitsikostas, the Cypriot National Guard Chief, visited the Pentagon for a gathering with Gen. Steven Nordhaus, caput of the US National Guard Bureau. Tsitsikostas was accompanied by Brig. Gen. Yvonne Mays, Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard, and Lt. Col. Andreas Andreou, Defense Attaché astatine the Cypriot Embassy successful Washington.

“I had the chiseled grant of hosting Lt. Gen. Georgios Tsitsikostas, the caller defence main of the Republic of Cyprus, astatine the Pentagon today,” Nordhaus posted connected X. He expressed restitution with the aboriginal advancement of the State Partnership Program, launched successful 2022 betwixt Cyprus and the New Jersey National Guard, which emphasizes cybersecurity and non-commissioned serviceman training.

Nordhaus praised Tsitsikostas and Mays for their enactment successful strengthening this defence partnership, which aims to beforehand shared information priorities successful the Eastern Mediterranean and beforehand determination stability.