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{{Short description|none}} <!-- "none" is preferred when the title is sufficiently descriptive; see [[WP:SDNONE]] --> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Politics of Greece}} As one of the oldest Euro-Atlantic member states in the region of Southeast Europe, Greece enjoys a prominent geopolitical role as a [[middle power]], due to its political and geographical proximity to [[Europe]]. Greece maintains strong relations with the [[Greece–United States relations|United States]], the [[Greece–United Kingdom relations|United Kingdom]], [[France–Greece relations|France]], [[Greece–Italy relations|Italy]], [[Cyprus–Greece relations|Cyprus]] and the rest of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]], [[Lebanon]], the [[Greece-United Arab Emirates relations|United Arab Emirates]], [[Greece-North Macedonia relations|North Macedonia]], [[Greece-Albania relations|Albania]], [[Greece-Australia relations|Australia]], [[Greece-Armenia relations|Armenia]], [[Greece-Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia]], [[Greece–Serbia relations|Serbia]], [[Greece-Switzerland relations|Switzerland]] while at the same time focuses at improving further the good relations with the [[Arab World]], [[Caucasus]], [[China–Greece relations|China]], [[Greece–India relations|India]], [[Greece–South Korea relations|South Korea]], [[Greece-Japan relations|Japan]], [[Foreign relations of Mongolia|Mongolia]], [[Greece-Vietnam relations|Vietnam]], [[Greece-Philippines relations|The Philippines]], [[Greece-South Africa relations|South Africa]], and the rest of the [[African Union]], [[Arab League]], [[BRICS]], [[CELAC]] and [[Nordic Council]]. As member of the [[European Union]], the [[Union for the Mediterranean]], and the [[Council of Europe]], Greece is a key player in the eastern Mediterranean region and has encouraged the collaboration between neighbors, as well as promoting the [[Energy Triangle]], for gas exports to Europe. Greece also has the largest economy in the [[Balkans]], where it is an important regional investor. Prominent issues in Hellenic foreign policy include the [[Aegean dispute|claims in the Aegean Sea]] and Eastern Mediterranean by [[Greece–Turkey relations|Turkey]] and the [[Turkish Invasion of Cyprus|Turkish occupation of Cyprus]]. == Overview == Greece has diplomatic relations with almost all the countries in the world, as shown in the map below. [[File:Foreign relations of Greece.svg|center|700px|border]] {{center|Representation through:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Services/Directory/GreekAuthoritiesAbroad/#Β |title=Αρχές του Εξωτερικού (Missions Abroad) |work=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs |language=el |publisher=mfa.gr |access-date=2 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521050219/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Services/Directory/GreekAuthoritiesAbroad/#Β |archive-date=21 May 2011 }}</ref> <small>{{Color box|#3771c8|border=darkgray}}</small> embassy – <small>{{Color box|#aaccff|border=darkgray}}</small> Greek embassy in another country<br /><small>{{Color box|#37c837|border=darkgray}}</small> general consulate – <small>{{Color box|#cccccc|border=darkgray}}</small> no representation – <small>{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}</small> Greece}} == Disputes == Following the resolution of the [[Macedonia naming dispute]] with [[North Macedonia]] due to the [[Prespa agreement]] in 2018, the Ministry identifies two remaining issues of particular importance to the Greek state: [[Aegean dispute|Turkish challenges to Greek sovereignty rights]] in the Aegean Sea and corresponding airspace and the [[Cyprus dispute]] involving the [[Turkish military forces in Northern Cyprus|Turkish occupation]] of Northern Cyprus. === Cyprus dispute === {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2018}} {{Main|Cyprus dispute}} [[File:Cyprus districts named.png|thumb|350px|A map of divided Cyprus.]] [[File:Embassy of Greece in central Nicosia Republic of Cyprus.jpg|thumb|left|Embassy of Greece in [[Nicosia]], Cyprus]] As the island of Cyprus was heading towards independence from the United Kingdom the Greek (82%) and Turkish (18%) communities became embroiled in bitter inter-communal fighting, partly sponsored by the two "motherlands". [[EOKA-B]] and the [[Turkish Resistance Organization]] (TMT) were responsible for many atrocities which resulted in cementing tensions and led to total isolation of the communities with Turkish Cypriots withdrawn into [[Turkish Cypriot enclaves|enclaves]]. In 1974, the US-backed Greek junta –took power during November 1973 by overthrowing the previous junta – partly in a move to draw attention away from internal turmoil and partly unsatisfied with Makarios' policy in Cyprus, on 15 July attempted a coup to replace him with Nikos Sampson and declare union with Greece. Seven days later, Turkey launched an invasion of Cyprus allegedly to reinstate the constitution but which resulted in blooded conflict, partition of the island and mass ethnic cleansing. The overwhelming Turkish land, naval and air superiority against island's weak defenses led to the bringing of 37% of the land under Turkish control. 170,000 Greek Cypriots were evicted from their homes in the north with 50,000 Turks following the opposite path concluding the de facto division of Cyprus. In 1983 Turkish Cypriots proclaimed independence unilaterally with only Turkey recognizing them. As of today the north is under an embargo as a measure against the illegal partition of the island. Ever since both countries along with the two communities of the island are engages into a [[vicious cycle]] of negotiations which led to little. In 2004 the [[Annan Plan]] for Cyprus was put to vote but whilst it was accepted by the north, it was rejected by the Greek-Cypriots as it meant in their eyes, endorsing a confederal state with a weak central government and considerable local autonomy. The Republic of Cyprus is a constitutional democracy which has reached great levels of prosperity, with a booming economy and good infrastructures, part of the United Nations, [[European Union]] and several others organizations by whom it is recognized as the sole legitimate government of the whole island. Greece calls for the removal of Turkish troops from Cyprus and the restoration of a unified state. The Republic of Cyprus is receiving strong support from Greece in international forums with the latter maintaining a military contingent on the island, and Greek officers filling key positions in the [[Cypriot National Guard]]. === Aegean claims by Turkey === {{Main|Aegean dispute}} Other issues dividing Greece and Turkey involve the delimitation of the [[continental shelf]] in the Aegean Sea, territorial waters and airspace. In March 1987 a dispute concerning [[oil drilling]] rights, almost led to war between the countries with Greece advocating the dispute to be decided by the [[International Court of Justice]]. In early 1988, the Turkish and Greek Prime Ministers met at [[Davos, Switzerland]], and later in [[Brussels]]. They agreed on various measures to reduce bilateral tensions and to encourage cooperation. Tensions over the Aegean Sea surfaced again in November 1994, when Greece claimed under the [[Law of the Sea Treaty]], which Turkey has not signed, that it reserved the right to declare an expansion of its [[continental shelf]] from {{convert|6|to(-)|12|nmi|0|lk=in}} around its Aegean islands. Turkey which has itself expanded its continental shelf in the [[Black Sea]] shore, stated that it would consider any such action a cause for war. New technical-level bilateral discussions began in 1994 but soon fizzled-out. In January 1996, Greece and Turkey came close to an armed confrontation over the question of which country had sovereignty over an [[Imia-Kardak crisis|islet in the Aegean]]. In July 1997, on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ([[NATO]]) summit in Madrid, Greek and Turkish leaders reached agreement on six principles to govern their bilateral relations. Within a few months, however, the two countries were again at odds over Aegean airspace and sovereignty issues. Tensions remained high for months, although various confidence-building measures were discussed to reduce the risk of military accidents or conflict in the Aegean, under the auspices of the NATO Secretary General. === Turkey and the EU === {{Main|Accession of Turkey to the European Union|European Union–Turkey relations}} Greece has come out in support of Turkey's bid for [[European Union]] membership,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ethesis.net/greece/greece.htm#Conclusion |access-date=14 August 2008 |title=Greece's Shifting Position on Turkish Accession to the EU Before and After Helsinki (1999) |author=Lucas, Dimitrios |date=4 January 2006 |work=MA in European Studies |publisher=Catholic University of Leuven |quote=[Greece has become] one of Turkey's most ardent supporters within the EU. }}</ref> and supports its full integration to the union when conditions for its acceptance are met. On 6 May 2004, Turkish Prime Minister [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] became the first Turkish leader to visit Greece in fifty years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3697293.stm |title=Turkish PM visits Greek Muslims |publisher=BBC News |date=8 May 2004 |access-date=14 August 2008 | location=London}}</ref> On 24 January 2008, Greece's premier [[Costas Karamanlis]] visited Turkey a full 48 years after the last Greek premier and uncle of his [[Constantine Karamanlis]] had visited the neighboring country. === Turkish government arson admission === On Monday 23 December 2011, in an interview on Turkish newspaper ''BirGün'' discussing secret budgets, former Turkish Prime Minister [[Mesut Yılmaz]] admitted that Turkish secret agents intentionally started forest fires in Greece between 1995 and 1997 during the Prime Ministership of [[Tansu Çiller]] as part of state-sponsored sabotage, resulting in huge damage caused by major forest fires on the [[Greek islands|islands]] of the eastern [[Aegean Sea|Aegean]] and in [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]]. Mesut Yılmaz's admission sparked political outrage in Greece on Monday, causing Greece's Foreign Ministry spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras to say that the claims were "serious and must be investigated," adding that Athens was awaiting a briefing from Ankara. Conservative [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]]'s shadow foreign minister Panos Panayiotopoulos said the revelations "cast heavy shadows over Greek-Turkish relations" and called on Turkey recompense Greece for losses incurred.<ref>[http://www.birgun.net/politics_index.php?news_code=1324643597&year=2011&month=12&day=23 Mesut Yilmaz told BirGün about the dark years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718133827/http://www.birgun.net/politics_index.php?news_code=1324643597&year=2011&month=12&day=23 |date=18 July 2013 }}, BirGün, Monday 23 December 2011 (in Turkish)</ref><ref>[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_26/12/2011_419985 Former Turkish PM's arson admission fuels anger], [[Kathimerini]], Tuesday 27 December 2011</ref> Following an official complaint from Greece on 24 December seeking clarification over comments by former Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz relating to forest fires in Greece in the mid-1990s, the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers, [[Stavros Dimas]] and [[Ahmet Davutoğlu]], spoke on Wednesday 28 December. Dimas stressed how important it was that Ankara investigate the claims that in the past Turkey's intelligence services paid arsonists to set fire to forests in Greece. In addition to Greek Foreign Ministry meetings with Turkish officials, Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor Yiannis Tentes launched an emergency inquiry on 27 December, ordering the investigations into the mid-1990s wildfires blamed on arson to be reopened with regard to the initial claims reportedly made by Yılmaz.<ref>[http://www.todayszaman.com/news-267033-greece-demands-official-response-from-ankara-on-forest-fires.html Greece demands official response from Ankara on forest fires] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231015756/http://www.todayszaman.com/news-267033-greece-demands-official-response-from-ankara-on-forest-fires.html |date=31 December 2011 }}, ''[[Zaman (newspaper)|Zaman]]'', Wednesday 28 December 2011</ref> Former head of [[National Intelligence Service (Greece)|Greek intelligence service]] [[Leonidas Vasilikopoulos]] said they had received information from their agents in Turkey that Turkish agents or others were involved in the forest fires on Greek islands.<ref>[http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/129031/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row.html Turk-Greek Ties Strained by Arson Row] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105739/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/129031/turk-greek-ties-strained-by-arson-row.html |date=31 May 2014 }}, ''[[Journal of Turkish Weekly]]'', Friday 30 December 2011</ref> After making the comments in Turkish daily newspaper ''BirGün'', Yilmaz said that his words had been distorted and that he was referring to Greek agents causing fires in Turkey.<ref>[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_29/12/2011_420268 Greek, Turkish foreign ministers discuss fire comment], ''[[Kathimerini]]'', Saturday 31 December 2011</ref> However, on Thursday 29, Turkish daily ''Milliyet'' published an article referring to a secret report that seemed to support claims made in the interview by Mesut Yılmaz that secret agents had caused forest fires in Greece in the 1990s. According to ''Milliyet'', an associate of Yılmaz's, Kutlu Savas, compiled a 12-page report that detailed the actions of Turkish agents in Greece. It described how the [[National Intelligence Organization (Turkey)|National Intelligence Organization of Turkey]] (MIT) had formed two teams: one which carried out bombings at tourist sites on [[Crete]] and other parts of Greece and another which was responsible for starting the wildfires. An attack on an army camp in [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]], central Greece, is also mentioned.<ref>[http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_29/12/2011_420375 Turkish daily cites report supporting wildfire claims], [[Kathimerini]], Saturday 31 December 2011</ref> == Diplomatic relations == List of countries which Greece maintains diplomatic relations with: {| class="wikitable sortable" ! colspan="3" |[[File:Diplomatic relations of Greece.svg|frameless|425x425px]] |- !# !Country !Date |- |1 || {{flag|United Kingdom}}||{{dts|21 November 1828}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece liberated |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/united-kingdom/ |access-date=2 February 2025 |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece]]}}</ref> |- |2 |{{flag|Sweden}} |{{dts|5 February 1833}}<ref name="auto11">{{Cite web |title=Greece Liberated: Kingdom of Sweden and Norway |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/sweden-norway/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives}}</ref> |- |3 || {{Flag|France}}||{{Dts|19 February 1833}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece liberated |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/france/ |access-date=9 March 2022}}</ref> |- |4 || {{Flag|Portugal}}||{{dts|22 July 1835}}<ref name=":123">{{Cite web |title=GREECE LIBERATED. Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic and Consular Relations |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/portugal/ |access-date=7 July 2022}}</ref> |- |5 |{{flag|Spain}} |{{dts|6 December 1835}}<ref name=":242">{{Cite web |title=Greece liberated |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/spain/ |access-date=24 August 2022}}</ref> |- |6 |{{flag|Russia}} |{{dts|5 September 1838}}<ref>{{Cite news |title=РОССИЙСКО-ГРЕЧЕСКИЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ |url=https://www.mid.ru/print-country/?id=18852&lang-aside=en&position=aside&COUNTRY_CODE=gr&TSPD_101_R0=08765fb817ab20004fac1980f17a4572ba735a8711ed3e0f7f6920763c6358ba611ae044623e6f9608b29654351430001d5e4fc257edfabe20092b0931b0c2ac41790759a7ea3b6b9c0e3796e48e81ae41ca5328e7084e3de86470aec349312c |access-date=4 September 2023 |language=ru}}</ref> |- |7 |{{Flag|Belgium}} |{{dts|30 November 1838}}<ref name="auto4">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SptjAAAAcAAJ&dq=De+Chimay+(Prince+J.),+Envoye+extraordinaire+et+Ministre+plenipotentiaire,+3+aout+1839&pg=PA13 |title=Almanach royal de Belgique Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier |publisher=Librairie polytechnique |year=1845 |pages=13 |language=fr}}</ref> |- |8 |{{flag|Netherlands}} |{{Dts|18 April 1856}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dekker |first=Kees |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_ned017198001_01/_ned017198001_01_0014.php |title=Nederlandse historische bronnen |publisher=[[Royal Netherlands Historical Society]] |year=1980 |pages=325 |language=nl}}</ref> |- |9 || {{flag|Italy}}||{{dts|16 June 1861}}<ref name="ReferenceE">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nUjwdW92WjYC&dq=Antonio+Maria+Migliorati+ministro+residente+italia+en+honduras+1864&pg=PA56 |title=Annuario diplomatico del Regno d'Italia ... |publisher=Italia : Ministero degli affari esteri |year=1886 |pages=56 |language=it |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref> |- |10 || {{flag|Denmark}}||{{dts|11 November 1863}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danske Gesandter og Gesandtskabspersonale indtil 1914 |url=https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/922711.pdf |access-date=28 May 2023 |website=slaegtsbibliotek.dk |page=262 |language=da}}</ref> |- |11 || {{Flag|United States}}||{{Dts|16 June 1868}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Countries |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/all |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref> |- |12 || {{Flag|Argentina}}||{{DTS|29 November 1874}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2024 |title=Este año celebramos 150 años de amistad y relaciones diplomáticas entre Grecia y Argentina |url=https://www.facebook.com/greeceinargentina/posts/pfbid0qmkAT4HMYa8x2KeDQNwR1URdLTnHZSHr9TZ4xiCRubRCAzyyja7hRVob1z4sdj7fl |access-date=19 March 2025}}</ref> |- |13 || {{Flag|Serbia}}||{{dts|18 January 1879}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Bilateral cooperation |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation |access-date=24 December 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia}}</ref> |- |14 |{{Flag|Romania}} |{{dts|9 January 1880}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=28 December 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe}}</ref> |- |15 || {{Flag|Bulgaria}}||{{dts|9 September 1880}}<ref name=":15">{{cite web |title=Установяване, прекъсване u възстановяване на дипломатическите отношения на България (1878–2005) |url=http://filip-nikolov.com/files/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%20%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%20%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F.doc |language=bg}}</ref> |- |16 || {{Flag|Japan}}||{{Date table sorting|1 June 1899}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 February 2019 |title=Celebrating Japanese-Greek diplomatic ties |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/238097/celebrating-japanese-greek-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=16 July 2023}}</ref> |- |17 ||{{Flag|Iran}}||{{Date table sorting|19 November 1902}}<ref name="auto6">{{Cite book |title=American Monthly Review of Reviews, Volume 26 |publisher=Review of Reviews |year=1902 |pages=669}}</ref><ref name="auto9">{{Cite book |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4900108/908707 |title=Persia and Greece |newspaper=Advertiser |date=22 November 1902 |publisher=The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 – 1931) View title info Sat 22 November 1902 |pages=7 |access-date=13 October 2023}}</ref> |- |18 |{{Flag|Brazil}} |{{DTS|1912}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=British and Foreign State Papers |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |year=1865 |volume=43 |pages=773}}</ref> |- |19 |{{Flag|Switzerland}} |{{dts|8 October 1917}}<ref name="auto8">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/almanachdegotha02unse_3/page/948/mode/1up |title=Almanach de Gotha |publisher=Gotha, Germany : Justus Perthes |year=1919 |pages=918 |language=fr |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref> |- |20 |{{Flag|Ethiopia}} |{{Dts|25 November 1917}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2017 |title=Celebrating a century old relationship between Ethiopia and Greece |url=https://www.ethiosports.com/2017/11/25/celebrating-a-century-old-relationship-between-ethiopia-and-greece/ |website=Ethio Sports |access-date=5 March 2024}}</ref> |- |21 |{{Flag|Norway}} |{{Dts|25 May 1918}}<ref>{{cite web |date=27 April 1999 |title=Norges opprettelse af diplomatiske forbindelser med fremmede stater |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ud/vedlegg/protokoll/diplomatiske_forbindelser.pdf |access-date=18 October 2021 |website=regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref> |- |22 || {{Flag|Finland}}||{{Dts|1 March 1919}}<ref name="ties2">{{cite web |title=Countries and regions A–Z |url=http://formin.finland.fi/public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330044440/http://formin.finland.fi/Public/default.aspx?nodeid=17195&contentlan=2&culture=en-US |archive-date=30 March 2018 |access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> |- |23 || {{Flag|Poland}}||{{Dts|13 March 1919}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poland in Greece |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/greece/bilateral-relations#:~:text=Diplomatic%20relations%20between%20Poland%20and,established%20on%20March%2013%2C%201919. |access-date=12 April 2023}}</ref> |- |24 |{{Flag|Uruguay}} |{{Date table sorting|19 April 1920}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 April 2025 |title=Hoy cumplimos 105 años de relaciones diplomáticas con la República Helénica. |url=https://x.com/CancilleriaUy/status/1913575560581628083 |access-date=19 April 2025 |language=es}}</ref> |- |25 || {{Flag|Czech Republic}}||{{Dts|25 May 1920}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mzv.cz/athens/en/bilateral_relations/vyvoj_diplomatickych_styku_prehledy.html |access-date=27 September 2023}}</ref> |- |26 || {{Flag|Austria}}||{{dts|21 August 1920}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Bulletin de l'Institut intermédiaire international, Volumes 3-4 |publisher=H.D. Tjeenk Willink |year=1920 |pages=92 |language=fr}}</ref> |- |27 |{{Flag|Chile}} |{{dts|20 October 1920}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com.ua/books/edition/Memoria/pFejAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Memoria+Chile.+Ministerio+de+Relaciones+Exteriores+1930+...+Stamati&pg=PA505&printsec=frontcover |title=Memoria |publisher=Chile. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=1930 |pages=505 |language=es}}</ref> |- |28 || {{Flag|Egypt}}||{{DTS|15 April 1922}}<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPuiAAAAMAAJ&dq=envoye+extraordinaire+et+ministre+plenipotentiaire+Grece+en+Egypte+...+1922&pg=RA1-PA139 |title=Bulletin de l'Institut intermédiaire international Volumes 7–8 |publisher=Institut juridique international (Hague, Netherlands), Cornelius Lodewijk Torley Duwel |year=1923 |pages=139 |language=fr}}</ref> |- |29 |{{Flag|Albania}} |{{dts|4 January 1923}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 May 2021 |title=Shqipëri-Greqi, 50 vjet më pas |trans-title= |url=https://gazetasi.al/shqiperi-greqi-50-vjet-me-pas/ |access-date=23 October 2023 |language=sq}}</ref> |- |30 |{{flag|Turkey}} |{{dts|1 April 1925}}<ref name=":162">{{Cite book |url=https://diad.mfa.gov.tr/diad/yillik/yillik-1959.pdf |title=Hariciye Vekâleti Yıllığı 1959 |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye |pages=11 |language=tr}}</ref> |- |31 |{{Flag|Luxembourg}} |{{Dts|13 December 1933}}<ref name=":322">{{Cite web |last=Cardoso |first=Elisabeth |date=2023 |title=90 Years Bilateral Relations Greece—Luxembourg 30 Years Anniversary of the Opening of the Embassy in Athens |url=https://athenes.mae.lu/dam-assets/programme.pdf |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Embassy in Athens |page=2 |quote=Mr. Politis went on to hand over his letters of accreditation to Her Royal Highness on 13 December 1933, marking the formal beginning of the diplomatic relations between Greece and Luxembourg.}}</ref> |- |32 |{{Flag|Mexico}} |{{dts|17 May 1938}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=México-Grecia |url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/grecia/index.php/relaciones-bilaterales/46-grecia |access-date=9 July 2023 |language=es}}</ref> |- |33 |{{Flag|South Africa}} |{{dts|2 September 1941}}<ref name="auto12">{{Cite book |last=Barry Turner, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Frederick Martin, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, John Paxton, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, Sir John Scott Keltie |title=The Statesman's Year-book |publisher=St. Martin's Press |year=1943 |pages=436}}</ref> |- |34 |{{Flag|Colombia}} |{{DTS|1 January 1942}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Directorio del Cuerpo Diplomático y Consular acreditado en la República de Colombia |url=https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/directoriocuerpodiplomatico-14abril2015jsre.pdf |access-date=4 July 2023 |website=cancilleria.gov.co |pages=7–12 |language=es}}</ref> |- |35 |{{flag|Canada}} |{{dts|5 November 1942}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Linwood |first=DeLong |date=January 2020 |title=A Guide to Canadian Diplomatic Relations 1925–2019 |url=https://www.cgai.ca/a_guide_to_canadian_diplomatic_relations_1925_2019 |access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref> |- |36 || {{flag|Cuba}}||{{dts|17 July 1946}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Memoria anual 2015 |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |pages=19–25 |language=es}}</ref> |- |37 |{{flag|Lebanon}} |{{dts|17 June 1947}}<ref name=":163">{{Cite book |title=British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. 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{{Flag|Eritrea}}||{{dts|9 June 1995}}<ref name=":124">{{Cite web |date=10 June 1995 |title=FOREIGN RELATIONS |url=https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/menu_Hab7895.html |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=The Horn of Africa Bulletin, July–August '95}}</ref> |- |170 |{{Flag|Paraguay}} |{{dts|27 September 1995}}<ref name=":93">{{Cite book |last=Yegros |first=Ricardo Scavone |url=http://www.mre.gov.py/v1/Adjuntos/Libros/RepresentantesdelParaguayII.pdf |title=Representantes Diplomáticos Paraguayos : nómina de los jefes de Misiones Diplomáticas de la República del Paraguay |year=2011 |language=es |access-date=15 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009170232/http://www.mre.gov.py/v1/Adjuntos/Libros/RepresentantesdelParaguayII.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |171 |{{Flag|North Macedonia}} |{{Date table sorting|13 October 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bilateral relations |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930040551/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=310 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |access-date=3 April 2021 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia}}</ref> |- |172 |{{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} |{{Date table sorting|30 November 1995}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Datumi priznanja i uspostave diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.ba/vanjska_politika_bih/bilateralni_odnosi/datumi_priznanja_i_uspostave_diplomatskih_odnosa/?id=6 |access-date=26 April 2022 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina |language=bs}}</ref> |- |173 || {{Flag|Federated States of Micronesia}}||{{dts|30 April 1996}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |174 || {{Flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}||{{dts|13 August 1997}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |175 || {{Flag|San Marino}}||{{Dts|22 November 1999}}<ref name=":52">{{Cite web |title=Rapporti bilaterali della Repubblica di San Marino |url=https://www.esteri.sm/pub2/EsteriSM/Relazioni-Internazionali/Rapporti-Bilaterali.html |access-date=15 December 2021 |language=it}}</ref> |- |176 || {{Flag|North Korea}}||{{dts|8 March 2001}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=DPRK Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.ncnk.org/sites/default/files/issue-briefs/DPRK_Diplo_Relations_August2016.pdf |access-date=14 July 2022 |publisher=NCNK |pages=8–9}}</ref> |- |177 || {{Flag|Timor-Leste}}||{{dts|4 May 2003}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |178 |{{Flag|Palau}} |{{dts|2 June 2004}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |179 || {{Flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}||{{dts|9 July 2004}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |180 || {{Flag|Afghanistan|2013}}||{{Dts|2004}}<ref name="www.mfa.gr" /> |- |181 || {{Flag|Dominica}}||{{dts|15 November 2005}}<ref name=":0" /> |- |182 || {{Flag|Montenegro}}||{{dts|18 December 2006}}<ref name="mfa2">{{cite web |title=Tabela priznanja i uspostavljanja diplomatskih odnosa |url=https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213235103/https://mvp.gov.me/rubrike/bilateralni-odnosi/Tabela-priznanja-i-uspostavljanja-diplomatskih-odn |archive-date=13 February 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |publisher=Montenegro Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration}}</ref> |- |183 || {{Flag|Monaco}}||{{dts|15 May 2008}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Rapport de Politique Extérieure 2007 |url=https://www.gouv.mc/Action-Gouvernementale/Monaco-a-l-International/Publications/Rapports-de-Politique-Exterieure |accessdate=11 October 2020 |page=44 |language=fr}}</ref> |- |— || {{Flag|Cook Islands}}||{{dts|20 October 2018}}<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-10-22 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Announcement on the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Cook Islands |url=https://www.mfa.gr/australia/en/the-embassy/news/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-announcement-on-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations-with-the-cook-islands.html |access-date=2018-11-11 |publisher=Embassy of Greece in Canberra}}</ref> |- |— || {{Flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}||{{dts|format=dmy|2021|12|2}}<ref>{{Cite web |author=Sovereign Military Order of Malta |date=4 December 2021 |title=Sovereign Order of Malta announces opening of diplomatic relations with Hellenic Republic |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/news/sovereign-order-of-malta-announces-opening-of-diplomatic-relations-with-the-hellenic-republic/ |access-date=4 December 2021 |website=orderofmalta.int}}</ref> |- |184 || {{Flag|South Sudan}}||{{dts|20 March 2024}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 March 2024 |title=President Kiir Receives Credence Letters from 19 Ambassadors, Strengthening International Relations |url=https://mofaic.gov.ss/president-kiir-receives-credence-letters-from-19-ambassadors-strengthening-international-relations/ |access-date=15 March 2025 |website=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (South Sudan)]]}}</ref> |- |185 |{{Flag|Benin}} |Unknown |- |186 || {{Flag|Bolivia}}||Unknown |- |187 |{{Flag|Comoros}} |Unknown |- |188 || {{Flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||Unknown |- |189 || {{Flag|Gambia}}||Unknown |- |190 || {{Flag|Guinea-Bissau}}||Unknown |- |191 || {{Flag|Haiti}}||Unknown |} == Bilateral relations == === Africa === Greece enjoys close historic relations with many members of the [[African Union]], such as South Africa, Sudan, and Ethiopia. {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal relations began !Notes |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Algeria}}||1962||See [[Algeria–Greece relations]] * Relations between the two countries have been traditionally friendly since Algeria's first years of independence. * Greece maintains an embassy in [[Algiers]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Mediterranean+-+Middle+East/Bilateral+Relations/Algeria/| title = Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Algeria| access-date = 15 May 2009| archive-date = 16 June 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080616170138/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Mediterranean+-+Middle+East/Bilateral+Relations/Algeria/| url-status = dead}}</ref> * Algeria is represented in Greece by its embassy in Athens. * Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Botswana}}||10 April 1978|| Greece is represented in Botswana through its embassy in [[Pretoria]], South Africa, and Botswana is represented in Greece through its Permanent Representation to the United Nation Office in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/botswana|title=Greece is represented in Botswana via parallel accreditation of its Embassy in Pretoria, Botswana is represented in Greece through its Permanent Representation to the United Nation Office in Geneva.}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Democratic Republic of Congo}}||15 June 1966||See [[Democratic Republic of the Congo – Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 June 1966 when Ambassador of Democratic Republic of Congo to Greece M. Joseph Kahamba, presented his credentials to King Constantin.<ref name="auto3"/> * Greece has an embassy in [[Kinshasa]] and two honorary consulates in [[Kisangani]] and [[Lubumbashi]]. * The Democratic Republic of the Congo has an embassy in Athens. Both countries are full members of [[Francophonie]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Egypt}}||15 April 1922|| See [[Egypt–Greece relations]] Both countries share relations since the years BC with the creation of [[Alexandria]] by [[Alexander the Great]]. Egypt has had a sizable Greek community which is mostly centered around Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city and the seat of the Greek Orthodox [[Patriarchate of Alexandria]]. In the modern era, both countries enjoy very good and warm diplomatic relations since 1833 and especially after the Greek War of Independence, and both countries have signed several defense cooperation agreements, with the heads of states visiting each other in a regular basis. * Egypt is represented in Greece by its embassy in Athens and general consulate in Thessalonica. * Greece is represented in Egypt by its embassy in Cairo and general consulate in Alexandria. * Sizable communities of Greeks live in Egypt (Alexandria) and Egyptians in Greece ([[Patras]], Athens). * Greece and Egypt signed bilateral agreements for trade, tourism and defense cooperations. * Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Eswatini}}||<!-- date relations started-->|| *Greece is accredited to Eswatini from its embassy in Pretoria, South Africa.<ref name="Greece's Bilateral Relations">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/swaziland/|title = Greece's Bilateral Relations}}</ref> *Eswatini is accredited to Greece from its embassy in London, UK.<ref name="Greece's Bilateral Relations" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Ethiopia}}||25 November 1917||See [[Ethiopia–Greece relations]] * Ethiopia is accredited to Greece from its embassy in Rome, Italy. * Greece has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Kenya}}||8 December 1966 |See [[Greece–Kenya relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 December 1966 when accredited first ambassador of Greece to Kenya with residence in Nairobi Mr. George C. Papadopoulos.<ref name="auto10"/> * Greece has an embassy in [[Nairobi]]. * Kenya is accredited to Greece from its embassy in Rome, Italy. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Lesotho}}||31 January 1977 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 31 January 1977<ref name="auto1"/> *Greece is represented in Lesotho through its embassy in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.<ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/lesotho/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations}}</ref> *Lesotho is represented in Greece via parallel accreditation of its embassy in [[Rome]], Italy.<ref name="ReferenceD" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Libya}}||<!-- date relations started-->1952||See [[Greece–Libya relations]] * Diplomatic relations between the two countries date back since 1952, when Libya's independence was formally recognized by the UN. * Relations between the two countries have been traditionally friendly. * Due to the [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|Libyan Civil War]], Greece has closed its embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]]. * Libya is represented in Greece through its embassy in Athens. * A Greek Consulate General was reopened in [[Benghazi]] in April 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/04/12/dendias-greek-commu-benghazi/ |title=Dendias to Greek community in Benghazi: We are back in Libya and are not leaving |website=Greek City Times |date=12 April 2021 }}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Madagascar}}||8 July 1967|| * Greece is represented in Madagascar through its embassy in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/madagascar/| title = Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece}}</ref> * Madagascar is represented in Greece through its embassy in Rome, Italy.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/madagascar/Ministry| title = of Foreign Affairs of Greece}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Malawi}}||30 April 1970 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1970.<ref name="auto5"/> *Greece is represented in Malawi by its embassy in [[Harare]], Zimbabwe.<ref name="mfagr-Malawi">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/malawi/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations – Malawi |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> *Malawi is represented in Greece by its embassy in [[Brussels]], Belgium.<ref name="mfagr-Malawi" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Mauritius}}||23 February 1981 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 23 February 1981<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Greece and Mauritius as of 23 Feb. 1981 (United Nations Digital Library)|date=23 February 1981|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1628927?ln=en}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Mauritius through its embassy in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/mauritius/| title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece – Mauritius |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> * Mauritius is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Brussels]], Belgium.<ref name="ReferenceC" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Morocco}}||1960|| * Bilateral relations between Greece and Morocco have traditionally been very good. * Greece has an embassy in [[Rabat]], and a consular office in [[Casablanca]]. * Morocco is represented in Greece by its embassy to Athens. * Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]] and the [[Francophonie]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Namibia}}||9 August 1990 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 9 August 1990<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic Relations Between Namibia and Greece as of 9 Aug. 1990 (United Nations Digital Library)|date=9 August 1990|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1633558?ln=en}}</ref> *Greece is represented in Namibia through its embassy in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref name="mfagr-Namimbia">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/namimbia| title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece – Namimbia |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> *Namibia is represented in Greece through its embassy in London, England and an honorary consulate in [[Athens]].<ref name="mfagr-Namimbia" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Nigeria}}||1970|| See [[Greece–Nigeria relations]] Nigeria has an embassy in Athens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ng/nigerian_missions.html |title=Nigerian Missions Overseas |publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria |access-date=22 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206202310/http://mfa.gov.ng/nigerian_missions.html |archive-date=6 February 2009 }}</ref> Greece established a diplomatic mission in Nigeria in 1970, and today has an embassy in [[Abuja]] and a consulate in [[Lagos]]. Trade between the two countries is imbalanced, with imports from Greece to Nigeria exceeding exports. Greek-owned tankers have an important role in shipping Nigerian oil and natural gas, its main exports. Recently a Greek tanker was involved a dispute over crude oil smuggling.<ref name=bbcTanker>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7757561.stm |title=Row over tanker held in Nigeria |publisher=BBC News |date=30 November 2008 |access-date=25 April 2009 | location=London}}</ref> Greek-controlled companies have invested US$5 billion in the Nigerian economy. There is a small Greek business community in Lagos.<ref name=MFAgr>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Nigeria/ |publisher=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs |title=Nigeria |access-date=22 April 2009 |archive-date=23 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323131249/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic%2BRegions/Sub-Saharan%2BAfrica/Bilateral%2BRelation/Nigeria/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Senegal}}||January 1972 |Both countries established diplomatic relations in January 1972<ref name="auto2"/> * Greece has an embassy in [[Dakar]]. * Senegal is accredited to Greece from its embassy in Rome, Italy. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Seychelles}}||16 July 1980 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 July 1980<ref>{{Cite web|title=Diplomatic relations between Greece and Seychelles as of 16 July 1980 (United Nations Digital Library)|date=16 July 1980|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1627294?ln=en}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Seychelles through its embassy in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.<ref name="Greece’s Bilateral Relations seychelles">{{cite web| url = http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/seychelles/| title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece – Seychelle |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> * Seychelles is represented in Greece through its embassy in Paris, France.<ref name="Greece’s Bilateral Relations seychelles" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|South Africa}}||2 September 1941 |See [[Greece–South Africa relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 September 1941 when has been appointed first Greek Minister to South Africa Mr. Theologus Nicoloudis.<ref name="auto12"/> * The presence of a large [[Greek Diaspora]] in South Africa led to the establishment of diplomatic relations as far back as the early 20th century. * Greece has an embassy in [[Pretoria]], a general consulate in Johannesburg and 2 consulates in Cape Town and Durban.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greekconsulate.ath.cx/ |title=Greek consulate in Johannesburg |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612051353/http://www.greekconsulate.ath.cx/ |archive-date=12 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * South Africa has an embassy in Athens and a consulate-general in Thessaloniki.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southafrica.gr/|title=South African Embassy|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228071322/http://www.southafrica.gr/|archive-date=28 February 2008|url-status=usurped}}</ref> * Relations are cordial, and got stronger since [[World War II]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Sudan}}||28 January 1956 | Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 January 1956 when has been accredited Chargé d'Affaires of Legation of the Greece to Sudan Mr. P. Calogeras.<ref name="auto"/> Greece and Sudan have long enjoyed a very cordial and friendly relationship spanning decades. The two countries enjoy strong and productive relations in the areas of diplomacy, economic reciprocity, and also there are large concentrations of Sudanese (both students and immigrants) in Greece, and numerous Greek nationals who have resided in Sudan since the early 20th century. The two countries are on very good terms with each other, notwithstanding Sudan's close ties with Greece's historical rival, Turkey. Greece has an embassy in [[Khartoum]], whilst Sudan is represented in Greece through the parallel accreditation of its embassy in Athens. The Hellenic country also deeply supports peaceful stability in Sudan's western region, [[Darfur]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Tunisia}}||1956||See [[Greece–Tunisia relations]] *Greece has an embassy in [[Tunis]].<ref name="mfa.gr">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/tunisia/| title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece}}</ref> *Tunisia has an embassy in Athens.<ref name="mfa.gr" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Zambia}}||1977|| *Greece is represented in Zambia by its embassy in [[Harare]], Zimbabwe and an honorary consulate in [[Lusaka]].<ref name="ReferenceF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/zambia/|title = Greece's Bilateral Relations – Zambia |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> * Zambia is represented in Greece by its embassy in London, United Kingdom.<ref name="ReferenceF" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Zimbabwe}}||13 August 1980|| See [[Greece–Zimbabwe relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 August 1980<ref name="ReferenceA"/> Greece has an embassy in [[Harare]]. Due to the economic situation, Zimbabwe has neither an embassy nor an honorary consulate in Greece.<ref name=zim>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Zimbabwe/ |title=Zimbabwe |access-date=14 April 2009 |quote=Greece has an Embassy in Harare, whereas Zimbabwe does not have an Embassy and is not able to afford one. Zimbabwe does not have an Honorary Consulate in Greece either. |archive-date=5 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805182540/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Sub-Saharan+Africa/Bilateral+Relation/Zimbabwe/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |} === The Americas === {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal relations began !Notes |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Argentina}}||14 October 1920|| see [[Argentina–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 October 1920 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Greece to Argentina (resident in Brazil) Mr. Stamati Ghiouzes Pezas.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/almanachdegotha00unse_94/page/728/mode/1up |title=Almanach de Gotha |publisher=Gotha, Germany : Justus Perthes |year=1923 |pages=728 |access-date=4 November 2023}}</ref> Both countries are represented by an embassy in the other one's capital. At least 30,000 persons of Greek descent live in Argentina with about 5,000 with Greek passports. The majority of Greeks live in Buenos Aires.<ref name=mfa>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Latin+America+-+Caribbean/Bilateral+Relations/Argentina/sy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=24&article=23565 |title=Framework of Treaties |access-date=7 May 2009 |publisher=Greece |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605130716/https://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Latin+America+-+Caribbean/Bilateral+Relations/Argentina/sy.org/Embassy/content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=24&article=23565 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Argentina has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Buenos Aires]]. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Belize}}||4 September 1986|| *Both countries have established diplomatic relations on 4 September 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230194831/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/images/documents/DIPLOMATIC%20RELATIONS.pdf |archive-date=30 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Belize's embassy in Mexico has parallel accreditation for Greece. Belize has an honorary consulate in [[Athens]] since 1992.<ref name="ReferenceG">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/belize/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations – Belize |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gov.bz/index.php/honorary-consulates-of-belize/47-greece |title=Honorary Consulate of Belize: Greece |access-date=13 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725173132/http://www.mfa.gov.bz/index.php/honorary-consulates-of-belize/47-greece |archive-date=25 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Greece does not have any representation in Belize, its embassy in Mexico is also accredited to Belize.<ref name="ReferenceG" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Brazil}}||1912|| See [[Greece–Brazil relations]] * In addition to its embassy in Brasília, Greece has two general consulates in (São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro) and four honorary consulates. * Brazil has an embassy in Athens. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Canada}}||5 November 1942 |See [[Canada–Greece relations]] * The nations first exchanged ambassadors in 1942. * Both countries are members of the United Nations, the Human Security Network, the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]], and NATO. * Greece has an embassy in [[Ottawa]], as well as a consulate-general in [[Montreal]], Toronto, and Vancouver. * Canada has an embassy with a consular office in Athens and an honorary consulate in [[Thessaloniki]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Chile}}||1 July 1941|| see [[Chile–Greece relations]] * Chile has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Santiago]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Colombia}}||1 January 1942|| *Colombia is represented in Greece through its embassy in Rome (Italy) and counts with an honorary consulate in [[Thessaloniki]] (Greece). *Greece is represented in Colombia through its embassy in [[Caracas]] (Venezuela) and counts with an honorary consulate in [[Bogotá]] (Colombia). *Greece is the 13th largest trade partner of Colombia in the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regions/europe/union/member/greece|title=- Cancillería|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Cuba}}||17 July 1946||See [[Cuba–Greece relations]] * Cuba has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Havana]]. |--valign="top" |{{Flag|Dominica}}||15 November 2005|| Greece is represented in Dominica via parallel accreditation of its embassy in [[Caracas]]. Dominica has appointed an ambassador accredited to Greece, based in [[Roseau, Dominica]].<ref name="mfa greece">{{cite web |title=Ministry Foreign Affairs of Greece – Dominica |url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/dominica/ |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> |- valign="top" |{{Flag|Guyana}}||14 May 1979|| *Greece is represented in Guyana by its embassy in [[Caracas]], Venezuela.<ref name="Greek Ministry of foreign affairs">{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/guyana/| title=Greek Ministry of foreign affairs – Guyana |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> *Greece has provided Guyana with development aid in the past.<ref name="Greek Ministry of foreign affairs" /> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Mexico}}||{{dts|17 May 1938}} |See [[Greece–Mexico relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 May 1938.<ref>{{Cite web |title=México-Grecia |url=https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/grecia/index.php/relaciones-bilaterales/46-grecia |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Embajada de Mexico en Grecia |language=es}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Mexico City]], along with honorary consulates in [[Mérida, Yucatán|Mérida]] and [[Monterrey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/mexico|title=Η Ελλάδα στο Μεξικό|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Mexico has an embassy in Athens and honorary consulates in [[Piraeus]] and [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://embamex2.sre.gob.mx/grecia/|title=Embajada de México en Grecia|access-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007062412/https://embamex2.sre.gob.mx/grecia/|archive-date=7 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Greek immigration to Mexico]] *[http://www.sre.gob.mx/images/stories/docnormateca/manexte/embajadas/moemgrecia12.pdf History of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Greece (Spanish only)] *[http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/mexico Bilateral relations between Greece and Mexico (in English and Greek only)] |-- valign="top" |{{Flag|Nicaragua}}||2 July 1965|| see [[Greece–Nicaragua relations]] Greece–Nicaragua relations are foreign relations between Greece and Nicaragua. Greece is represented in Nicaragua through its embassy in Mexico City. Nicaragua is represented in Greece through its embassy in Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicaragua |url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/nicaragua/#:~:text=Greece%20and%20Nicaragua%20established%20diplomatic,of%20its%20Embassy%20in%20Rome. |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Peru}}||3 December 1965 |See [[Greece–Peru relations]] *Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 December 1965<ref>{{Cite web|title=Relaciones bilaterales Perú – Grecia (Embajada del Peru en Grecia)|url=http://www.peru.gr/index-relaciones.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625024043/http://www.peru.gr/index-relaciones.html|archive-date=25 June 2014}}</ref> * In 1992, Greece opened an embassy in [[Lima]]. * Peru has an embassy in Athens. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|United States}}||16 June 1868|| see [[Greece–United States relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1868<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Guide to the United States' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776: Greece |url=https://history.state.gov/countries/greece |access-date=10 May 2023 |website=history.state.gov}}</ref> The United States and Greece have long-standing historical, political, and cultural ties based on the shared democratic values, history of Greek immigration to the States and participation as Allies during [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Cold War]]. Previously, the US helped the reconstruction of post-war Greece through the [[Marshall Plan]] and various other aids culminating at about $11.1 billion in economic and security assistance since 1946. The current mutual defense cooperation agreement (MDCA) provides for continued U.S. military assistance to Greece and the operation by the U.S. of a military facility at [[Souda Bay]], [[Crete]]. About three million Americans are of Greek ancestry.<ref>[[United States Department of State]]: [https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm Background Note: Greece]</ref> [[Greek-American]]s are an established, well-organized community in the U.S. (several notable politicians, including former Vice-president [[Spiro Agnew]], and Senators [[Olympia Snowe]] and [[Paul Sarbanes]] are of Greek ancestry), and they help cultivate close political and cultural ties with Greece. Greece has the seventh-largest population of U.S. [[Social Security (United States)|Social Security]] beneficiaries in the world. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Uruguay}}||1928||See [[Greece–Uruguay relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1928.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Uruguay |url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/uruguay/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Montevideo]]. * Uruguay has an embassy in Athens. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Venezuela}}||23 February 1966||See [[Greece–Venezuela relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[Caracas]]. * Venezuela has an embassy in Athens. |} === Asia === Greece has a special interest in Middle East and North Africa because of its geographic position and its economic and historic ties to the area. The country cooperated with allied forces during the 1990–1991 [[Gulf War]]. Since 1994, Greece has signed defense cooperation agreements with Israel and Egypt and in recent years, Greek leaders have made numerous trips to the region to strengthen bilateral ties and encourage the Middle East Peace Process. In July 1997, December 1997, and July 1998 Greece hosted meetings of Israeli and Palestinian politicians to contribute to the peace process. Greece also maintains diplomatic relations with the [[State of Palestine|General Palestinian Delegation]] while enjoying cordial relations with Syria. {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal relations began !Notes Greece-Afghanistan relations |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Afghanistan}}||<!-- date relations started-->2004| |See [[Afghanistan–Greece relations]] * Diplomatic relations were established in 2004.<ref name="www.mfa.gr" /> * Afghanistan has an embassy in Athens. * Greece is represented in Afghanistan through its embassy in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Armenia}}||20 January 1992 | see [[Armenia–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 January 1992<ref name="Armenia" /> Greece was one of the first countries to recognize Armenia's independence on 21 September 1991 and one of those that have officially recognized the [[Armenian genocide]]. Since the independence of Armenia the two countries have been partners within the framework of international organizations (United Nations, OSCE, Council of Europe, BSEC), whilst Greece firmly supports the community programs aimed at further developing relations between the EU and Armenia. Continuous visits of the highest level have shown that both countries want to continue to improve the levels of friendship and cooperation (Visit by the President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian to Greece in 1996, visit by the President of the Hellenic Republic Costis Stephanopoulos in 1999, visit by the President of Armenia [[Robert Kocharyan]] to Greece in 2000 and 2005 and visit by Greek president [[Karolos Papoulias]] to Armenia in June 2007). Greece is, after Russia, the major military partner of Armenia. Armenian officers are trained in Greek military academies, and various technical assistance is supplied by Greece. Since 2003, an Armenian platoon has been deployed in Kosovo as part of [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]], where they operate as a part of the Greek battalion of KFOR. * Armenia has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Yerevan]]. * Greece has [[Recognition of the Armenian Genocide|recognized]] the [[Armenian genocide]] in 1996. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Azerbaijan}}||2 April 1992 | see [[Azerbaijan–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 2 April 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=ΔΙΜΕΡΕΙΣ ΣΧΕΣΕΙΣ |url=https://athens.mfa.gov.az/gr/content/3/ikiterefli-munasibetler |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=athens.mfa.gov.az |language=az}}</ref> Azerbaijan-Greece relations today are friendly. Each state maintains a full embassy, Azerbaijan in [[Athens]] and Greece in [[Baku]]. Recently in February 2009, Azerbaijani President [[Ilham Aliyev]] visited Greece to boost bilateral relations.<ref name="Se1">{{cite news|url=http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/roundup/2009/02/17/roundup-dd-03|title= Azerbaijan, Greece aim to boost relations|date=February 2009|work=Southeast Europe Times|access-date=25 April 2009}}</ref> The leader met with Greek President [[Karolos Papoulias]], as well as the Greek Prime Minister [[Costas Karamanlis]].<ref name="Se1" /> At the meeting between the officials, the two nations agreed that they must work more closely to get Azeri gas into Greece to help ease recent security issues.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234888322.17/|title=Greece, Azerbaijan to work closer on energy security|date=February 2009|publisher=EUbusiness|access-date=25 April 2009|archive-date=26 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426011046/http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1234888322.17|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.trend.az/capital/pengineering/1425640.html|title=Azerbaijan plans to export gas to Europe via Greece: Azerbaijani president|date=16 February 2009|publisher=[[Trend News Agency|Trend Capital]]|access-date=25 April 2009}}</ref> In the past the two nations have made many deals related to the [[oil industry]]. In 2007 Greek Development Minister [[Dimitris Sioufas]] signed a "memorandum of cooperation" in the sectors of natural gas and oil while in [[Baku]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396|title=Greece, Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation memorandum|publisher=Athens News Agency|access-date=25 April 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605035019/http://www.greekembassy.org/embassy/Content/en/Article.aspx?office=1&folder=925&article=21396|archive-date=5 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="JTW">{{cite news|url=http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/47330/greece-and-azerbaijan-sign-energy-cooperation-agreement.html|title=Greece and Azerbaijan sign energy cooperation agreement|date=August 2007|publisher=Journal of Turkish Weekly (JTW)|access-date=25 April 2009|archive-date=15 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615004941/http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/47330/greece-and-azerbaijan-sign-energy-cooperation-agreement.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sioufas referred to this [[memorandum]] as a "new page in economic and energy relations of the two countries."<ref name="JTW" /> Greece supports Azerbaijan's bid to join to [[European Union]] and is the first EU member that wanted directly gas important from Azerbaijan.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.azernews.az/en/Nation/34954-Greece_'wants_to_be_first_EU_member'_to_directly_import_Azeri_gas| title = Greece "wants to be first" EU member to directly import Azeri gas}}</ref> Both countries are also full members of the [[Council of Europe]], the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE) and the [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation]] (BSEC). |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Bahrain}}||{{dts|28 August 1973}} |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 August 1973<ref>{{Cite web |title=BILATERAL RELATIONS |url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=73&language=en-US&Country=Republic%20of%20Greece |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=mofa.gov.bh}}</ref> * Bahrain does not have any representation in Greece. * Greece has an honorary consulates in [[Manama]]. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Cambodia}}||8 April 1996|| * The Cambodian embassy in Belgium is also accredited to Greece * The Greek embassy in [[Bangkok]] (Thailand) is also accredited to Cambodia.<ref name="MFA">{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Cambodia/|title=Bilateral Relations: Cambodia|year=2009|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)|access-date=2 May 2009|archive-date=3 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803100604/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Cambodia/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Francophonie]].<ref name="Francophonie">{{cite web|url=http://www.francophonie.org/oif/membres.cfm |title=Membres |year=2009 |publisher=L'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie |language=fr |access-date=2 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416030917/http://www.francophonie.org/oif/membres.cfm |archive-date=16 April 2009 }}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|China}}||5 June 1972|| see [[China–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 June 1972<ref>{{Cite web |title=China |url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/china/ |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=mfa.gr}}</ref> * China has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in Beijing. |-- valign="top" |{{Flag|Georgia}}||{{dts|format=dmy|1992|4|20}}||See [[Georgia–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 April 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=CHRONOLOGY OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS |url=https://mfa.gov.ge/en/bilateral-relations/gr |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=mfa.gov.ge}}</ref> * Georgia has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Tbilisi]]. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|India}}||14 May 1956 | see [[Greece-India relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 14 May 1956<ref>{{Cite book|title=Indian Recorder and Digest, Volume 2|publisher=Diwan Chand Indian Information Centre|year=1956|pages=17}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in New Delhi. * India has an embassy in Athens. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Indonesia}}||27 December 1949 |see [[Greece-Indonesia relations]] * Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 December 1949<ref name="idninath" /> * Indonesia has an embassy in Athens which was opened in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indonesia.gr/|title=Embassy of Indonesia, Athens -|access-date=21 February 2015|archive-date=10 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210034321/http://indonesia.gr/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Jakarta]] which was opened in 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greekembassy.or.id/ |title=Greek embassy in Jakarta |access-date=20 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420170727/http://www.greekembassy.or.id/ |archive-date=20 April 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Indonesia/ Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Indonesia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060714205010/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Indonesia/ |date=14 July 2006}}. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Iran}}||19 November 1902 |See [[Greece–Iran relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 19 November 1902 when has been appointed first Persian Ambassador to Greece.<ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto9"/> [[File:491 BC - 1902 AD - A Long Time Between Drinks.jpg|thumb|100px|Cartoon on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Greece and the then-ruling [[Qajar dynasty]] of Persia in 1902]] * Relations between the two people date back from the antiquity and before [[First Persian invasion of Greece|Persian invasion of Greece]]. There is also the report of Strabo of an Athenian delegation to Persia in 432 BC.<ref>D. J. Mosley,''Archipresbeutai'', Hermes, Vol. 94, No. 3 (1966), pp. 377–381.</ref> The relations have evolved from sworn rivalry during the [[Greco-Persian wars]] to strong cordiality. [[Alexander the Great]] defeated the Persian empire and the country was put under Greek rule for approx. 70 years until they were defeated by [[Parthian Empire|Parthians]] (another group of Iranian people) and pushed backed from Persia to their homeland. * Greece has an embassy in [[Tehran]] * Iran is represented by its embassy in [[Athens]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ir/cms/cms/athens/en/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513024113/http://www.mfa.gov.ir/cms/cms/athens/en/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Iranian embassy in Athens|archivedate=13 May 2009}}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Iraq}}||27 November 1947|| see [[Greece-Iraq relations]], [[Greece–Kurdistan Region relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 27 November 1947 when has been accredited Chargé d'Affaires of Greece to Iraq (resident in Beirut) Mr. Nadji Vassiliou.<ref name="auto13"/> Relations of the Greek and Iraqi peoples are deeply rooted in history, both have developed cultures that have influenced the course of humanity. They date as far back as when [[Alexander the Great]] ruled [[Mesopotamia]] (which name is of Greek origin, meaning "land between rivers") and eventually died in [[Babylon]], Iraq. Greece firmly and consistently supports the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iraq. Greece traditionally maintained good and friendly relations with Iraq due to strong historical and cultural bonds, dating back to ancient times.<ref name="Greece and Gulf War II">{{cite web |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/hellenicObservatory/pdf/2nd_Symposium/George_Tzogopoulos_paper.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526205338/http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/hellenicObservatory/pdf/2nd_Symposium/George_Tzogopoulos_paper.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-26 |url-status=live |title=Greece and Gulf War II' |access-date=23 August 2008 |publisher=lse.ac.uk}}Author:George Tzogopoulos, PhD researcher on U.S. foreign policy and the media, Loughborough University.</ref> Greece has an embassy in [[Baghdad]], and Iraq is represented by her embassy in Athens. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Israel}}||21 May 1990|| see [[Greece–Israel relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 May 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2015 |title=Greece and Israel mark 25 years of upgraded diplomatic ties |url=https://embassies.gov.il/wellington/NewsAndEvents/Pages/Greece-and-Israel-mark-25-years-of-upgraded-diplomatic-ties-21-May-2015.aspx |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Embassy of Israel in New Zealand}}</ref> * Since 1990, diplomatic relations between the two countries were upgraded from diplomatic pepresentation to embassy-level. * Greece is represented in Israel through its embassy in [[Tel Aviv]], its consulate general in [[Jerusalem]], and an honorary consulate in [[Haifa]]. * Israel is represented in Greece through its embassy in Athens. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Japan}}||1 June 1899|| see [[Greece–Japan relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 June 1899.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 February 2019 |title=Celebrating Japanese-Greek diplomatic ties |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/society/238097/celebrating-japanese-greek-diplomatic-ties/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=ekathimerini.com}}</ref> * There has been a Greek embassy in Tokyo since 1960 * The Japanese Embassy in Athens opened in 1960, when it was decided to upgrade the Japanese Consulate which had opened in 1956 and has also an honorary consulate in [[Thessaloniki]]. * Since then the two countries have enjoyed excellent relations in all fields, and cooperate closely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ypex.gov.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Japan/|title=Ελληνική Δημοκρατία – Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=17 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717011254/http://www.ypex.gov.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Japan/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Kazakhstan}}||{{dts|1 October 1992}} |See [[Greece–Kazakhstan relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Страны, установившие дипломатические отношения с Республикой Казахстан |url=http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220233503/http://mfa.kz/ru/content-view/spisok-stran-ustanovivshikh-diplomaticheskie-otnosheniya-s-rk |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Kazakhstan |language=ru}}</ref> * Greece opened an embassy in [[Almaty]] in February 1997. * Kazakhstan opened an embassy in Athens in 2005. Kazakhstan has an honorary consulate in Athens since 1998. * Kazakh President [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]] visited Greece in July 2001 and Greek President [[Konstantinos Stephanopoulos]] visited Kazakhstan in June 2002. The Kazakh leader also attended the [[2004 Summer Olympics opening ceremony]]. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Kyrgyzstan}}||12 June 1992|| see [[Greece-Kyrgyzstan relations]] *Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.<ref name="greece" /> Greece is represented in Kyrgyzstan through its embassy in [[Almaty]] (Kazakhstan). Kyrgyzstan is represented in Greece through a non-resident ambassador based in [[Bishkek]] (in the Foreign Ministry). Kyrgyz consular representation in Greece is made by the Kazakh consulate in Athens. *On 1 November 2004, Kyrgyz President [[Askar Akayev]] made an official visit to Greece.<ref name="bi" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Kyrgyz president in Greece |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=106189939BE191C3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |quote=Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev left for Greece on an official visit on 31 October |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=1 November 2004 |access-date=22 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019021742/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NewsLibrary&p_multi=BBAB&d_place=BBAB&p_theme=newslibrary2&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=106189939BE191C3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |archive-date=19 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A Foreign Ministry delegation from Greece visited Dushanbe for talks, and had meetings with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Zarifi and First Deputy Foreign Minister Youldashev in 2008. Foreign Minister [[Dora Bakoyannis]] met with Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Zarifi during the 1st EU-Central Asia Forum on security issues in Paris in September 2008.<ref name="greece">{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Tajikistan/ |title=Tajikistan |access-date=21 May 2009 |quote=Greece and Tajikistan established diplomatic relations in 1992. The stabilization of the country following the civil war and its increasing presence as part of the international community are expected to offer an opportunity for substantially developing its bilateral relations with Greece. |publisher=Greece |archive-date=4 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704014919/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Tajikistan/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *There are between 650 and 700 people of Greek descent living in Kyrgyzstan.<ref name="gmfa">{{Cite web|location=Hellenic Republic|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia-Eastern+Europe-Central+Asia/Bilateral+relations/Kyrghizstan/|title=Kyrgyzstan: The Greek Community|access-date=4 May 2009|archive-date=16 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516050801/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/el-GR/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia-Eastern+Europe-Central+Asia/Bilateral+relations/Kyrghizstan|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, the data of the General Secretariat For Greeks Abroad give an even lower number (50 people).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=General Secretariat For Greeks Abroad |access-date=7 May 2009 |url=http://www.ggae.gr/gabroad/organosi.el.asp |title=General Information |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716045118/http://www.ggae.gr/gabroad/organosi.el.asp |archive-date=16 July 2008 }}</ref> *In 2004 Greece and Kyrgyzstan signed a bilateral agreement for air transports, tourism and diplomacy during Kyrgyz president [[Askar Akayev]]'s visit to Greece.<ref name="ana_gr_bi">{{cite news |title=Greece, Kyrgyzstan sign bilateral accords |url=http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=2256150&service=10 |quote=Greece and Kyrgyzstan on Monday signed three bilateral accords in the sectors of air transports, tourism and diplomacy, during a meeting between President of the Republic Costis Stephanopoulos and his Kyrgyz counterpart Askare Askayev, who is in Athens on a state visit. |work=[[Athens News Agency|ANA]] |year=2004 |access-date=22 May 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kyrgyzstan, Greece sign cooperation accords |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-14225441_ITM |quote=Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev met Greek President Konstandinos Stefanopoulos in a narrow circle in Athens as part of an official visit to Greece on 1 November 2004. There was an exchange of views on a wide range of issues of cooperation... |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=22 May 2009 | date=1 November 2004}}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Lebanon}}||17 June 1947|| see [[Greece–Lebanon relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 June 1947, when first Minister of Greece to Lebanon with residence in Cairo M. Georges Triantaphyllidis presented his credentials<ref name=":163"/> The relation between both people dates back to early [[classical antiquity|antiquity]], with the early trading activities between the [[Ancient Greece|ancient Greeks]] and the [[Phoenicia]]ns. In modern times, Greek-Lebanese bilateral relations are very good at all levels. Both countries are members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]] and the [[Francophonie]]. * Greece has an embassy in [[Beirut]]. * Lebanon has an embassy in Athens. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Malaysia}}||16 November 1959|| see [[Greece–Malaysia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 November 1959.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senarai tarikh penubuhan hubungan diplomatik Malaysia dan negara – negara luar |url=https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113141021/https://www.data.gov.my/data/dataset/30411e5d-8c25-47fb-940e-0d51149afe20/resource/fc684f56-c8bb-4f65-ab65-8eb5e68c9b5d/download/01-tarikh-penubuhan-hubungan-diplomatik-malaysia.xlsx |archive-date=13 November 2021 |access-date=4 November 2023 |language=ms}}</ref> * The Greek embassy in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia, is also accredited to Malaysia. There is an Honorary Greek Consulate in [[Kuala Lumpur]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Malaysia/| title=Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Malaysia| access-date=14 July 2009| archive-date=16 July 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716170535/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Malaysia/| url-status=dead}}</ref> * In the opposite way, the Malaysian embassy in Berlin is at the same time accredited to Greece. There is a Malaysian honorary consulate in Athens. * The former [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] (the head of state of Malaysia) and current Raja of Perlis, [[Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin]] visited Greece in August 2004 to attend the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympics]]. * Greece exports specialised machinery, [[Ferrous|non-ferrous metals]], tobacco, metal goods, [[Medication|medical products]], minerals and fruit, and imports industrial equipment, [[petroleum|oil]], footwear, paper, [[Natural rubber|rubber]], vehicles and telecommunications equipment from Malaysia. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Maldives}}||{{dts|17 September 1983}} | *Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 September 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 May 2023 |title=Countries with which the Republic of Maldives has established Diplomatic Relations |url=https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Maldives |archive-date=29 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629032804/https://www.gov.mv/en/files/dpl-full-country-list-as-of-11-may-2023--8993.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Greece is represented in Sri Lanka by its embassy in New Delhi, India.<ref name="ReferenceH">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/maldives/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations – Maldives |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> *Maldives have an honorary consulate in Athens.<ref name="ReferenceH" /> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Mongolia}}||3 March 1967 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 March 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2020 |title=List of countries maintaining diplomatic relations with Mongolia |url=http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Diplomatic and Consular List Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia |page=4 |archive-date=21 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221024739/http://www.mfa.gov.mn/old/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/diplist-2020-draft-20200729.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Greece is represented in Mongolia through its embassy in Beijing (China). * Mongolia is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Sofia]] (Bulgaria) and an honorary consulate in Athens. *[http://www.mfa.gov.mn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=81#grek Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Greece (in Mongolian only)] |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Myanmar}}||20 March 1958 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 March 1958.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations |url=http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121042344/http://myanmarbsb.org/_site/diplomatic-relations/ |archive-date=21 January 2021 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Brazil}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Burma through its embassy in [[Bangkok]] (Thailand). * Greek interests in Burma are represented by the Italian embassy in [[Yangon]]. * Burma is represented in Greece through its embassy in Rome (Italy). |--valign="top" | {{Flag|North Korea}}||<!-- date relations started-->{{dts|8 March 2001}}<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Wertz|first1=Daniel|last2=Oh|first2=JJ|last3=Kim|first3=Insung|date=August 2016|title=Issue Brief: DPRK Diplomatic Relations|publisher=The National Committee on North Korea|url=http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf#page=9|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228074114/http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf#page=9|archive-date=28 December 2016|page=8|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> | |- |{{Flag|Oman}} |1 October 1973 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 October 1973<ref>{{Cite book|title=Record of the Arab World: Yearbook of Arab and Israeli Politics, Volume 1|publisher=Research and Publishing House., 1973|pages=252}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Pakistan}}||<!-- date relations started-->||See [[Greece–Pakistan relations]] In modern times, Pakistan's first embassy in Athens was opened in 1975. Greece established an embassy in [[Islamabad]] in 1987. There are around 32,500 Pakistani people living and working in Greece. However, Islamabad has stated it will not accept Greek sovereignty over Cyprus and it should withdraw its bulk of armed forces from the southern part of the island to restore the independence of the Cypriots, which it continues to have diplomatic relations with Nicosia. |--valign="top" |{{Flag|Palestine}}||<!-- date relations started-->|| See [[Greece–Palestine relations]] *Diplomatic relations were founded with the PLO in 1981. *Palestine has a representative office in Athens and Greece's consulate general in Jerusalem is accredited to Palestine. *In December 2015, the Hellenic parliament voted unanimously in the presence of President Mahmoud Abbas to recommend to the government the full recognition of the state of Palestine on 4 June 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Philippines}}||28 August 1950||See [[Greece–Philippines relations]] * There is a Philippine embassy in Athens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athenspe.net/|title=Website of Former Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106222340/http://www.athenspe.net/|archive-date=6 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Manila]] and an honorary consulate general. * There are around 40,000 Filipinos living and working in Greece, making them one of the largest foreign communities in Greece.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}} (see [[Filipinos in Greece]]). |--valign="top" |{{Flag|Qatar}}||<!-- date relations started-->1973|| see [[Greece–Qatar relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[Doha]] which opened in 2007. * Qatar has an embassy in Athens which opened in 2008.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Mediterranean+-+Middle+East/Bilateral+Relations/Qatar/| title=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Qatar |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Saudi Arabia}}||1961||See [[Greece–Saudi Arabia relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[Riyadh]]. Greece has also a consulate general in [[Jeddah]]. * Saudi Arabia has an embassy in Athens. * See also [[Greeks in Saudi Arabia]] |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Singapore}}||21 October 1966 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 October 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic & Consular List |url=https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820202434/https://app1.mfa.gov.sg/dipcon/pdf/dipconopen.pdf |archive-date=20 August 2017 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Singapore |page=90}}</ref> * The Greek embassy in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, is also accredited to Singapore. * Singapore's embassy in Berlin, Germany, is also accredited to Greece. Singapore has an honorary consulate in Athens. * In consular affairs Greek interests are represented by the French Embassy in Singapore. There is also a special Port Consular Office in Singapore, which looks after the interests of Greek shipping companies, as well as an honorary consulate. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|South Korea}}||5 April 1961 | See [[Greece–South Korea relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on {{dts|5 April 1961}}<ref name="mofa.go.kr">{{cite web |title=Greece |url=http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070818/1_24613.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224081529/http://www.mofa.go.kr/ENG/countries/europe/countries/20070818/1_24613.jsp?menu=m_30_40 |archive-date=24 December 2013 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Korea}}</ref> * Greece and South Korea have good relations. * Greece sent [[Greek Expeditionary Force (Korea)|an expeditionary force]] as part of the [[United Nations Command]] to help the South Koreans (ROK) against the North Koreans (DPRK) during the [[Korean War]]. ** Greek embassy in [[Seoul]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfa.gr/missionsabroad/republic-of-korea.html|title=Η Ελλάδα στη Δημοκρατία της Κορέας}}</ref> ** Korean embassy in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/gr-ko/index.do|title=주 그리스 대한민국 대사관}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Sri Lanka}}||<!-- date relations started-->{{dts|1957}} | *Both countries established diplomatic relations in 1957<ref name="srilankaembassyrome.org">{{Cite web |url=http://www.srilankaembassyrome.org/en/concurrent-accreditations/greece.html |title=Sri Lanka – the Hellenic Republic: Bilateral Relations |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221110715/http://www.srilankaembassyrome.org/en/concurrent-accreditations/greece.html |archive-date=21 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Greece is represented in Sri Lanka by its embassy in New Delhi, India.<ref name="ReferenceI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/sri-lanka/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations – Sri Lanka |publisher=Hellenic Republic}}</ref> *Sri Lanka is represented in Greece by its embassy in [[Rome]], Italy.<ref name="srilankaembassyrome.org" /><ref name="ReferenceI" /> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Syria}}||24 June 1947 | See [[Greece–Syria relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 June 1947 when has been accredited Envoy Extraordinary and minister Plenipotentiary of Greece to Syria with residence in Cairo Mr. Georges Triandafyllides.<ref name="auto7"/> * Greece has an embassy in [[Damascus]] and three honorary consulates (in [[Latakia]], [[Tartus]] and [[Aleppo]]). * Syria has an embassy in Athens.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.syrianembassy.gr/ |title=Syrian embassy in Athens |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610192238/http://www.syrianembassy.gr/ |archive-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Both countries are charter members of the [[Union of the Mediterranean]]. * On 8 May 2020, the Greek Foreign Ministry Nikos Dendias announced a restoration of relations between Greece and Syria and assigned former ambassador to Syria and Russia, Tasia Athanassiou, as a Special Envoy of Greece's Foreign Ministry for Syria. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Thailand}}||{{dts|26 May 1958}} |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 26 May 1958<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thailand |url=https://www.mfa.gr/en/greece-bilateral-relations/thailand/thailand.html |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=mfa.gr}}</ref> * The Greek Embassy in [[Bangkok]] was opened in November 1989. * Thailand has an embassy in Athens. * Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Thailand<ref>{{cite web|title=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Thailand|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Thailand/|access-date=11 June 2018|archive-date=25 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825162400/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Asia+-+Oceania/Bilateral+Relations/Thailand/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Thai embassy in Athens<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai embassy in Athens |url=http://www.mfa.go.th/web/1309.php?depid=202 |website=Embassy Thailand |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409000439/http://www.mfa.go.th/web/1309.php?depid=202 |archive-date=9 April 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Thai deputy premier, UN sec. gen. candidate, meets with premier Karamanlis<ref>{{cite web |title=Thai deputy premier, UN sec. gen. candidate, meets with premier Karamanlis |url=http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4583497&maindocimg=4583338&service=6 |website=Foreign Ministry |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605060959/http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4583497&maindocimg=4583338&service=6 |archive-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Turkey}}||24 August 1833|| see above, and see [[Greece–Turkey relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 August 1833 when has been appointed first Ambassador of Greece to Turkey Konstantinos Zografos.He presented his credentials on 30 July 1834.<ref name="Greece Liberated: Ottoman Empire">{{Cite web |title=Greece Liberated: Ottoman Empire |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/ottoman-empire/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives}}</ref> After more than a century of strained relations and intermittent fighting, Greece and Turkey agreed under the [[Treaty of Lausanne (1923)]] to a [[Population exchange between Greece and Turkey|population exchange]] as an attempt to reduce tensions between the two countries in the future. A significant 300,000 strong Greek community in [[Istanbul]] and a 100,000 Turk one in [[Western Thrace]] were excluded from the transfer, with each one supposed to be working as counter-weights to any anti-minority policy that either Turkey or Greece may sought to apply in the future, however that counter-weight came to an end before the Cyprus dispute because of the Varlik Vergisi and Istanbul pogrom. In 1942 a wealth tax called the [[Varlık Vergisi]] was imposed on non-Muslims including Greeks, this resulted in financial ruin for many Greeks and another exodus of Greeks from Anatolia once World War II had come to an end. Again in 1955 an anti-Greek [[Istanbul pogrom]] was initiated by Turkish mobs against the Greek community of Istanbul, which led to the final gradual extinction of the Greek community in Anatolia. These two events were a major factor when the [[Cyprus problem]] surfaced as Greece and Turkey nearly came to a full-out war after Turkey's invasion of Cyprus. Similar disputes occurred for the islands of [[Imbros]] and [[Tenedos]]. Up to late 1990s strained relations almost led to [[Imia crisis|an open war]] in 1974, 1987 and 1996. Since the [[Greek-Turkish earthquake diplomacy|earthquake diplomacy]] in 1999 relations have once again begun improving. * Greece has an embassy in [[Ankara]] and a consulates-general in [[Istanbul]] and [[İzmir]] and consulate in [[Edirne]]. * Turkey has an embassy in Athens and consulates-general in [[Piraeus]], [[Rhodes]] and [[Thessaloniki]]. * Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and of NATO. * Greece opposes [[Accession of Turkey to the European Union|Turkey's EU membership]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|United Arab Emirates}}||<!-- date relations started-->1971 |See [[Greece–United Arab Emirates relations]] * Greece opened an embassy in [[Abu Dhabi]] in 1989. Greece also has a commercial section in [[Dubai]]. * United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Athens. *In November 2020, Greece and the United Arab Emirates signed a foreign policy and defence agreement, as both shared mutual tensions with Turkey. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Vietnam}}||{{dts|15 April 1975}} |See [[Greece–Vietnam relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 April 1975.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of countries which maintains diplomatic relations with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (as April 2010) |url=https://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Viet Nam}}</ref> * Since May 2007, Greece has had an embassy in [[Hanoi]], it was inaugurated by prime minister [[Kostas Karamanlis]]. * Vietnam has an embassy in Athens. |} === Europe === {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal relations began !Notes |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Albania}}||<!-- date relations started-->1912, 1971 | see [[Albania–Greece relations]] Greece and Albania – even though diplomatic relations were restored [[1971 in Greece|in 1971]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3395.htm|title=Greece|work=U.S. Department of State|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/101-4-123.shtml |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717200202/http://www.osaarchivum.org/files/holdings/300/8/3/text/101-4-123.shtml |archive-date=17 July 2011 }}</ref> – normalized relations only in 1987 as until then both countries were officially – in a cease-fire – but nevertheless under the state of war since Albania and Italy had declared war on Greece on 28 October 1940. During rule of dictator [[Enver Hoxha]] relations were strained because of the part that Albania played during [[World War II]] against Greece and also because of the material help that they provided to Greek communists during the [[Greek civil war]]. In addition there was controversy about the treatment of the Greek minority in southern Albania, the historic region of [[Northern Epirus]] and the [[Chameria|Cham issue]]. Following the collapse of communism in Albania, relations between the two countries improved with periods of destabilisation due to accusations of mistreatments of minorities in each country. Illegal immigration from Albania and complaints of the Greek minority in Albania regarding treatment by state authorities led to issues at the socio-political level. Greece, which didn't experience high levels of immigration at the time, faced increased criminality by illegal immigrants and ethnic Albanians faced police brutality. According to official Greek data, 450,000 Albanians, including Greeks from Albania, migrated to Greece. The number almost doubles if illegal migrants are included.<ref>Baldwin-Edwards, Martin. "Immigration into Greece, 1990–2003: A southern European paradigm." In European Population Forum, pp. 12–14. 2004.</ref> Despite shared cultural relations as two neighbours, the influx of immigrants to Greece, and Albanian immigration for the first time since the end of the isolationist communist regime led to some tensions. Today, relations between the two countries are very close and are regarded as excellent, and, at the Albanian Government's request, about 250 [[Military of Greece|Greek military]] personnel are stationed in Albania to assist with the training and restructuring the [[Albanian Armed Forces]]. Albania's economy is overdependent to the money immigrants from Greece sent back home, while Greece is the second larger trading partner, with more than US$400 million worth of investments. Moreover, Greek products account for 21% of Albania's imports, with Greece absorbing 12% of its neighboring country's exports.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/South-Eastern+Europe/Balkans/Bilateral+Relations/Albania/| title=Bilateral Relations Between Greece And Albania| access-date=8 September 2006| archive-date=17 July 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717050758/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/South-Eastern+Europe/Balkans/Bilateral+Relations/Albania/| url-status=dead}}</ref> At the same time, low cost labor from Albania propelled the growth of the Greek economy, especially in the construction and agriculture sectors. Albania is home to an approximate 200,000 Greek community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eu.greekreporter.com/2012/02/02/omonoia-proceeds-with-census-of-greek-minority-in-albania/|title="Omonoia" Proceeds With Census of Greek Minority in Albania|author=Stella Tsolakidou|date=2 February 2012|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> while between 400,000 and 600,000 Albanians live and work in Greece, the vast majority of them post-1991 economic migrants. There are also 189,000 Albanian nations in Greece recognised as part of the Greek minority of Albania. Albanians in Greece form the largest ethnic and foreign community, and many are now naturalised Greek citizens. Albanians have also generally integrated well and some have assimilated completely in Greek society.<ref>Gogonas, Nikos. "Language shift in second generation Albanian immigrants in Greece." Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 30, no. 2 (2009): 95–110.</ref> As a result of interaction, integration and subsequent mass migration to Greece by other ethnic groups, the position of Albanians in the country has improved.<ref>Adamczyk, Artur. "Albanian immigrants in Greece: From unwanted to tolerated?." J. Liberty & Int'l Aff. 2 (2016): 49.</ref> *Albania is home to a considerable Greek community, both migrants and indigenous minority – number varies from 300 to 500,000 with 650,000 in total including North Epirus Greeks in Greece, USA and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://borioipirotis.blogspot.co.nz|title=Βορειοηπειρώτης|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> *Greece is home to just under a million Albanians (some sources say 600,000, whilst other Greek organisations claim 900,000 with illegal migrants and overstayers). *In addition to the Albanian immigrants, there are the [[Arvanites]], a population group that today self-identifies as Greek who have traditionally spoken an Albanian dialect ([[Arvanitika]]).<ref>Bintliff, John. "The ethnoarchaeology of a 'passive’ethnicity: The Arvanites of Central Greece." Lexington Books (2003).</ref><ref>Magliveras, S. "Naming people: A reflection of identity and resistance in a Greek Arvanite Village." Mediterranean review 6, no. 2 (2013): 151–187.</ref> Arvanitika is today an endangered language, as its speakers have been shifting to the use of Greek and most younger members of the community no longer speak it. *Greece is Albania's most important European Union ally and partner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|title=Albeu.com – Greece supports EU candidate status for Albania|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623190049/http://english.albeu.com/news/news/greece-support-eu-candidate-status-for-albania/150425/|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Relations since the election victory of [[Edi Rama]] in 2013 have seen massive improvement and warming of relations between the two nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/11/04/karolos-papoulias-visits-albania/|title=Karolos Papoulias visits Albania – GreekReporter.com|author=Maria Papathanasiou|date=4 November 2013|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> *The Archbishop of Albania is Greek<ref>[[Archbishop Anastasios of Albania]]</ref> *There are many cultural, political, historical and biological similarities and shared kinship between the Albanian and Greek peoples.<ref>[[Origin of the Albanians]]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/albania/northern-epiros-greek-minority-southern-albania|title="Northern Epiros": The Greek Minority in Southern Albania|work=Cultural Survival|date=19 March 2010 |access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> *Greek is the second most spoken language in Albania, with a considerable size having knowledge of it.<ref>[[Languages of Albania]]</ref> *Albanian is the most common foreign/migrant language in Greece, although most Greeks do not have clear knowledge of it.<ref>[[Albanian communities in Greece]]</ref> *Many organisations both political and societal exist in Albania and Greece promoting relations between the two nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga|title=Pelasgians – Greeks – Albanias – Greeks – Albanians|work=Pelasgians – Greeks – Albanias|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220232319/http://www.greeks-albanians.com/eng-m-ga|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Albania is home to the largest number of Greek diaspora political and cultural organisations; there are 5 political parties and over a dozen organisations.<ref>[[Omonoia (organization)|Omonoia]]</ref> *As of 2014 both nations have described their relations as 'excellent' and Albania considered Greece one of its 'strongest and most important allies', both NATO nations have close relations nowadays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.com/sections/enlargement/albanian-official-we-are-much-more-pro-european-several-eu-members-302813|title=Albanian official: 'We are much more pro-European than several EU members'|work=EurActiv – EU News & policy debates, across languages|date=16 June 2014|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Austria}}||25 August 1834||See [[Austria–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 25 August 1834 when Anton Prokesch von Osten had been appointed as the first Ambassador of Austria to Greece.<ref name="Austria">{{Cite web |title=Austria – Diplomatic Relations – GREECE LIBERATED |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/austria/ |access-date=5 March 2024 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> Both countries have had diplomatic relations since the 19th century, after Greece's independence. Greece has an embassy in [[Vienna]] and an honorary consulate in Salzburg. Austria has an embassy in Athens and six honorary consulates (in Heraklion, Hermoupolis, Korfu, Patras, Rhodes and Thessaloniki). Both countries are full members of the [[European Union]]. There is also a Greek community living in Austria. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Belarus}}||5 March 1992 |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 5 March 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Belarus – Greece Relations |url=https://bulgaria.mfa.gov.by/bg/bilateral_relations/greece/political/ |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Посолство на Република Беларус в Република България}}</ref> * Belarus is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Sofia]] (Bulgaria). * Until 2003, Greece had an embassy in [[Minsk]], today it is represented through its embassy in Moscow (Russia). |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Belgium}}||30 November 1838 |See [[Belgium–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 November 1838 when has been accredited Chargé d'Affaires of Belgium to Greece M. Benjamin Mary.<ref name="auto4"/> * Belgium has an embassy in Athens and seven honorary consulates in [[Corfu]], [[Iraklion]], [[Mytilini]], [[Patras]], [[Piraeus]], [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]] and [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.be/athens/|title= Belgian embassy in Athens|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Since 1945, Greece has an embassy in [[Brussels]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy-press.be/|title=IU Webmaster redirect|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210220322/http://www.greekembassy-press.be/|archive-date=10 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of NATO, of the European Union. * There are between 15,000 and 26,000 Greeks who live in Belgium. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}||{{dts|30 November 1995}} |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 November 1995<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations Between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece as of 30 Nov. 1995 |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/1478453?ln=en |access-date=4 November 2023 |publisher=United Nations Digital Library| date=30 November 1996 | last1=Herzegovina | first1=Bosnia and }}</ref> * Greece recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina's independence in 1992. * Since 1998, Bosnia and Herzegovina has an embassy in Athens. * Since 1996, Greece has an embassy in [[Sarajevo]]. * Greece provided 80.4% of the funding for the reconstruction of the [[Greece–Bosnia and Herzegovina Friendship Building]]. The building houses the [[Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Union for the Mediterranean]], of the [[Southeast European Cooperation Process]], of the [[Southeast European Cooperative Initiative]], of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] and of the [[Council of Europe]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Bulgaria}}||<!-- date relations started-->1908 | See [[Bulgaria–Greece relations]] Since the Second World War, relations between Greece and Bulgaria have been flourishing, and as the Greek President [[Konstantinos Tsatsos]] said during the Bulgarian leader [[Todor Zhivkov]]'s visit to Athens in April 1976, ''"the old controversies have been forgotten and the hatchet buried forever"''.<ref>[http://www.kampanyarchivum.hu/files/300/8/3/8-6-85.html Bulgaria and its neighbors: a hundred years after independence] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311062654/http://www.kampanyarchivum.hu/files/300/8/3/8-6-85.html |date=11 March 2007 }}</ref> Greece became a firm supporter of Bulgaria's European Union membership and was the fifth EU member state and the first old member state to ratify the Accession Treaty.<ref name=GreekMFA>Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs: [http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/South-Eastern+Europe/Balkans/Bilateral+Relations/Bulgaria/ Bilateral relations between Greece and Bulgaria] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205023232/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/South-Eastern+Europe/Balkans/Bilateral+Relations/Bulgaria/ |date=5 February 2012 }}</ref> Since Bulgaria joined [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]] in May 2004, Greek-Bulgarian relations have been developing on all fronts, and the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes relations between Greece and Bulgaria as "excellent".<ref name=GreekMFA /> * Bulgaria has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Sofia]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Croatia}}||20 July 1992|| see [[Croatia–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 July 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Date of Recognition and Establishment of Diplomatic Relations |url=https://mvep.gov.hr/foreign-policy/bilateral-relations/date-of-recognition-and-establishment-od-diplomatic-relations/22800 |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Republic of Croatia Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs}}</ref> * Croatia has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Zagreb]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Cyprus}}||2 November 1960|| see [[Cyprus–Greece relations]] * Greece and Cyprus enjoy a [[Special relationship (international relations)|special relationship]]. Relations are excellent, due to the shared national, historical and cultural heritage of both countries and common interests. * Cyprus has an embassy in Athens and a consulate-general in [[Thessaloniki]]. * Greece has an embassy in [[Nicosia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy-cy.org/indexEN.html|title=greekembassy-cy.org|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=9 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709114214/http://www.greekembassy-cy.org/indexEN.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] and of the [[European Union]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Czech Republic}}||25 May 1920|| see [[Czech Republic–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 20 May 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of diplomatic relations |url=https://www.mzv.cz/athens/en/bilateral_relations/vyvoj_diplomatickych_styku_prehledy.html |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Embassy of the Czech Republic in Athens}}</ref> * Diplomatic relations between Greece and former [[Czechoslovakia]] were established in 1920 – after Czechoslovakia's foundation. * The Czech Republic and Greece established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993. * Each country has an embassy in the other one capital.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mzv.cz/wwwo/default.asp?idj=2&amb=12|title=Czech embassy in Athens|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/Czech+Republic/| title=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Czech Republic| access-date=14 July 2009| archive-date=19 August 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819144146/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/Czech+Republic/| url-status=dead}}</ref> * See also [[Greeks in the Czech Republic]] * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Denmark}}||8 November 1918|| see [[Denmark–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 November 1918 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Greece to Denmark Mr. S. A. Argyropoulo.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/almanachdegotha02unse_3/page/642/mode/1up |title=Almanach de Gotha |publisher=Gotha, Germany : Justus Perthes |year=1919 |pages=642 |access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref> * Denmark has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Copenhagen]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Estonia}}||2 October 1991||See [[Estonia–Greece relations]] * Estonia has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Tallinn]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" |{{Flag|Finland}}||{{dts|1918-01-05|format=dmy}} |See [[Finland–Greece relations]] * Finland has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Helsinki]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|France}}||7 February 1833|| see [[France–Greece relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 7 February 1833 when Michael Soutzos has been appointed as the first Ambassador of Greece in France.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece Liberated: France |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/france/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives}}</ref> * Greece and France enjoy a [[Special relationship (international relations)|special relationship]]. Relations are excellent, due to the shared cultural and historical bonds between the two countries and common interests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20151022-greece-hails-special-relationship-france-hollande-visit|title=france 24 – Greece hails 'special relationship' with France on Hollande visit – France 24|work=France 24|date=22 October 2015}}</ref> * The two countries share membership of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] and maintain embassy-level relations since 1833 (only three years after the Greek independence).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/greece_332/index.html|title=Greece|author=The French Ministry of Foreign affairs|work=France Diplomatie :: The French Ministry of Foreign affairs|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/France/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930185612/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Europe/Relationships+with+EU+Member+States/France/|url-status=dead|title=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with France|archivedate=30 September 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ambafrance-gr.org/|title=Ambassade de France en Grèce – Πρεσβεία της Γαλλίας στην Ελλάδα – La France en Grèce|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amb-grece.fr/|title=Nouvelle page 2|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170722043643/http://www.amb-grece.fr/|archive-date=22 July 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> * They were allies during both [[World Wars]], [[Korean War]] and have never been adversaries of each other. * See also [[Greeks in France]] |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Germany}}||12 July 1951|| See [[Germany–Greece relations]] * Germany has an embassy in Athens. * Greece has an embassy in [[Berlin]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Holy See}}||17 July 1979|| see [[Greece–Holy See relations]] * The Holy See immediately set up its Apostolic Nunciature to Greece in Athens in 1980. * The Greek ambassador to the Holy See resided at first in Paris, where he was concurrently accredited to France; but in 1988 a separate Greek embassy to the Holy See, situated in Rome, was set up. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Hungary}}||<!-- date relations started-->{{dts|23 July 1956}} |See [[Greece–Hungary relations]] * Ambassadorial representation started on 24 August 1964. * Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * See also [[Greeks in Hungary]] |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Iceland}}||6 June 1958<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.government.is/ministries/ministry-for-foreign-affairs/protocol/establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/|title=Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|website=government.is}}</ref>|| see [[Greece–Iceland relations]] * Greece is represented in Iceland through its embassy in [[Oslo]] (Norway) and through an honorary consulate in [[Reykjavík]]. * Iceland is represented in Greece through its embassy in Oslo (Norway) and through an honorary consulate in Athens. * Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Ireland}}||22 January 1975|| see [[Greece–Ireland relations]] * Since 1977, Greece has an embassy in [[Dublin]]. * Since 1978, Ireland has an embassy in Athens. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] and of the European Union. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Italy}}||16 June 1861|| see [[Greece–Italy relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 16 June 1861 when has been appointed first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Italy to Greece Terenzio Mamiani della Rovere.<ref name="ReferenceE"/> * Greece and Italy have a [[Special relationship (international relations)|special relationship]]. Relations are excellent, due to the shared cultural and historical heritage of both countries and common interests in the region.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.euractiv.it/it/news/sociale/9564-presidenza-italia-grecia-una-faccia-una-razza.html|title=Presidenza: Italia-Grecia: una faccia, una razza|author=Chiara Teofili|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605001959/http://www.euractiv.it/it/news/sociale/9564-presidenza-italia-grecia-una-faccia-una-razza.html|archive-date=5 June 2015}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in Rome, two general consulates in [[Milan]] and [[Naples]], a consulate in [[Venice]], and eleven honorary consulates in [[Trieste]] (General), [[Turin]] (General), [[Ancona]], [[Catania]], [[Livorno]], [[Bari]], [[Bologna]], [[Brindisi]], [[Florence]], [[Palermo]], [[Perugia]], and a Port Consulate in [[Genoa]]. * Italy has an embassy in Athens, and fifteen honorary consulates in [[Alexandroupoli]], [[Kefalonia]], [[Chania]], [[Chios]], [[Corfu]], [[Corinth]], [[Ioannina]], [[Heraklion]], [[Kavala]], [[Larissa]], [[Patras]], [[Rhodes]], [[Thessaloniki]], [[Santorini]], and [[Volos]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]] and of the European Union and NATO. * There are around 180,000 Greek Orthodox or people of Greek descent living in Italy, of which the majority lives in southern Italy and Sicily. * An approximation of 200,000 Roman Catholic Italians or people of Italian descent are living in Greece with the majority of them in the Ionian Islands, western Greece and the capital Athens.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}} |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Latvia}}||<!-- date relations started-->{{dts|23 May 1922}} |See [[Greece–Latvia relations]] * Greece recognized the State of Latvia on 23 May 1922, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored on 2 September 1991. Greece has never officially recognized the annexation of the Baltic states by the [[USSR]]. * The Latvian embassy in Athens was established in 1998. Latvia also has two honorary consuls in Greece (one in Athens and one in [[Thessaloniki]]). * The Greek embassy in [[Riga]] was opened in January 2005. * Both countries are members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Lithuania}}||<!-- date relations started-->{{dts|7 January 1922}} |See [[Greece–Lithuania relations]] * Full diplomatic relations were re-established on 7 January 1992. * Lithuania has maintained an embassy in Athens since 1997 along with an honorary consulate in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gr.mfa.lt/|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Ministry of Foreign Affairs|author=Dizaino Kryptis|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Greece has had an embassy in [[Vilnius]] since 2 January 2005. * Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * The ambassador to Greece has been Artūras Žurauskas since 2006. * The ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania is Konstantinos Katsabis. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Luxembourg}}||1933| |See [[Greece—Luxembourg relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[Luxembourg City|Luxembourg]]. * Luxembourg has an embassy in Athens and three honorary consulates in Athens, [[Patras]] and [[Thessaloniki]]. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Malta}}||30 April 1966 |See [[Greece–Malta relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 30 April 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2008 |title=Speech by the hon Lawrence Gonzi, Prime Minister, at official dinner on the occasion of the official visit of H.E. Mr. Kostas Karamanlis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic – Auberge de Castille, Valletta – Friday, 10th October 2008 |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2008/10/10/1478.aspx |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=gov.mt}}</ref> * The two countries share membership of the [[European Union]]. * Since <!--9.12. -- 9 December or 12 September? -->2004, Greece has an embassy in [[Valletta]] and accredited its first ambassador to Malta. Before that date the Greek embassy in Rome was accredited for Malta.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://malta.mfa.gr/|title=Καλώς ήλθατε στην Ιστοσελίδα της Πρεσβείας της Ελλάδος στη Μάλτα.|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214134240/http://malta.mfa.gr/|archive-date=14 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Malta has an embassy in Athens. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Montenegro}}||{{dts|18 December 2006}} |See [[Greece–Montenegro relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 December 2006<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece |url=https://www.gov.me/en/diplomatic-missions/embassies-and-consulates-of-montenegro/greece |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=gov.me}}</ref> * Greece recognized the Republic of Montenegro 13 June 2006. * Greece has an embassy in [[Podgorica]]. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]] and [[NATO]]. * Greece is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Montenegro is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Montenegro to the European Union|candidate]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Moldova}}||{{dts|27 March 1992}}|| see [[Greece–Moldova relations]] * Diplomatic relations between Greece and Moldova were established 27 March 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republica Elenă |url=https://mfa.gov.md/ro/content/republica-elena |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Ministerul Afacerilor Externe şi Integrării Europene al Republicii Moldova |language=ro}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Moldova through its honorary consulate in [[Chișinău]] and its embassy in [[Kyiv]]. * Moldova is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Athens]], opened in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greece.visahq.com/embassy/Moldova/|title=Embassy of Greece in Moldova|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Netherlands}}||1874|| see [[Greece–Netherlands relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[The Hague]]. * the Netherlands has an embassy in Athens. * Both nations are members of the European Union, NATO and of the Council of Europe. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|North Macedonia}}||13 September 1995<ref name="Interim Accord" />||See [[Greece–North Macedonia relations]] {{See also|Macedonia naming dispute}} *Greece imposed a trade embargo on North Macedonia between 1994 and 1995. *Formal relations between the two countries began when Greece recognized the then Republic of Macedonia as the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on 13 September 1995.<ref name="Interim Accord" /> *Greece is represented in the Republic of North Macedonia through its embassy in [[Skopje]] and its consulate general in [[Bitola]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.mfa.gr/blog/dimereis-sheseis-tis-ellados/pgdm/ |title=Πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβική ∆ημοκρατία της Μακεδονίας |trans-title=the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |publisher=mfa.gr |access-date=28 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925210232/http://www1.mfa.gr/blog/dimereis-sheseis-tis-ellados/pgdm |archive-date=25 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *The Republic of North Macedonia is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Athens]] and its consulate general in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=315 |title=Diplomatic Missions |publisher=mfa.gov.mk |access-date=28 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930043006/http://www.mfa.gov.mk/default1.aspx?ItemID=315 |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}</ref> *The two countries were involved in a naming dispute (see [[#North Macedonia|above]] until the [[Prespa Agreement]] was signed in 2018 and ratified by both countries in 2019). * Greece fully supports North Macedonia's candidacy for membership in the EU. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Norway}}||25 May 1918||see [[Greece–Norway relations]] * Greece has an embassy in [[Oslo]] (since 1980) and an honorary consulate in [[Bergen]]. * Norway has an embassy in Athens, and six honorary consulates in [[Piraeus]], [[Patras]], [[Corfu]], [[Crete]], [[Rhodes]] and [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.norway.gr/ |title=Norway's embassy in Athens |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-date=8 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408094131/http://www.norway.gr/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Both countries are members of Council of Europe and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Poland}}||13 March 1919|| see [[Greece–Poland relations]] * Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 March 1919<ref>{{Cite web |title=Poland in Greece |url=https://www.gov.pl/web/greece/bilateral-relations |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=gov.pl}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Warsaw]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greece.pl/|title=greece.pl|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> * Poland has an embassy in Athens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athens.polemb.net/index.php?document=76|title=Placówki Dyplomatyczne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150628051917/http://www.athens.polemb.net/index.php?document=76|archive-date=28 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Today both countries are members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Portugal}}||13 June 1837 |See [[Greece–Portugal relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 13 June 1837 when Greek Ambassador in Madrid Andreas Metaxas is also appointed Ambassador in Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece Liberated: Portugal |url=https://200years.mfa.gr/en/diplomatic-consular-relations-en/portugal/ |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Hellenic Republic Ministry of Foreign Affairs Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives}}</ref> * Greece has an embassy in [[Lisbon]]. * Portugal has an embassy in Athens. * Today both country are members of the European Union and NATO. Greece is pushing for Portugal to be admitted in the [[Mediterranean Games]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Romania}}||9 January 1880|| see [[Greece–Romania relations]] Diplomatic relations were established on 9 January 1880 at the legation level<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diplomatic Relations of Romania |url=https://www.mae.ro/en/node/2187 |access-date=6 November 2023 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Romania}}</ref> and were raised to embassy-level on 1 January 1939. There has been a Greek presence in Romania for at least 27 centuries. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]], of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Russia}}||5 September 1838|| see [[Greece–Russia relations]] Diplomatic relations were established in 1828. Greece has an [[Embassy of Greece in Moscow|embassy in Moscow]], and two general consulates ([[Saint Petersburg]] and [[Novorossiysk]]). Russia has an embassy in Athens, a general consulate in [[Thessaloniki]] and in 2012 announced to open honorary consulate in Alexandroupolis. Greece also opened another consulate general in [[Yekaterinburg]]. Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]] and the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].<ref name=bi>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Russia/ |title=Bilateral relations between Russia and Greece |access-date=18 June 2009 |publisher=Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs |archive-date=18 July 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060718184603/http://www.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/Russia+-+Eastern+Europe+-+Central+Asia/Bilateral+Relations/Russia/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite historical sentiments of cultural and religious affinity between the two peoples, the countries′ official relationship has largely been adverse. Russia and Greece share stance on the [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Kosovo Declaration of Independence]]. Relations deteriorated drastically in the summer of 2018.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180807235209/https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-greece-russia-envoy/russia-expels-greek-diplomats-in-retaliatory-move-idUKKBN1KR1KK Russia expels Greek diplomats in retaliatory move] Reuters, 6 August 2018.</ref> In July 2023, The face of devastating wildfires, a former Greek defense minister urged the government to seek help from [[Russia]], specifically requesting assistance from the Russian Be-200 amphibious aircraft, which has proven effective in extinguishing flames during previous Greek fire seasons. Thousands of tourists, including 10,000 Britons, were evacuated from Greece and its islands, while Rhodes and Corfu experienced large-scale evacuations due to the fires.<ref>{{Cite news |last= Sharman |first= Laura |date=2023-07-27 |title=Former Greek defence minister calls for help from Russia to fight fires|work=The Independent|location=London |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ben-wallace-quit-boris-johnson-nato-b2375973.html |access-date=2023-07-31}}</ref> |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Serbia}}||18 January 1879|| see [[Greece–Serbia relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 18 January 1879.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Greece |url=https://www.mfa.gov.rs/en/foreign-policy/bilateral-cooperation/greece |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=Republic of Serbia Ministry of Foreign Affairs}}</ref> The two nations are traditionally, historically, religiously and culturally close and their friendly relations are confirmed by a regular political dialogue. Greece is supporting quick implementation of the [[Stabilisation and Association Agreement]] (SAA) between the EU and Serbia and easing visa regime EU towards Serbia. Greece is among the states that have not recognized the Kosovo Unilateral [[2008 Kosovo declaration of independence|Declaration of Independence]]. Greece recognizes Kosovo as a part of Serbia. Greece is one of the most important economic investors in Serbia, mainly in financial, telecommunication, energy and construction sector. Greece will participate in financing construction of the [[Pan-European Corridor X|Corridor 10]] highway in Serbia with 100 mil. EUR in total which is a part of its Hellenic Plan for the Economic Reconstruction of the Balkans. * Greece is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Member state of the European Union|member]] and Serbia is an [[European Union|EU]] [[Accession of Serbia to the European Union|candidate]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Slovakia}}||{{dts|1 January 1993}} |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 January 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grécko: Základné informácie |url=https://www.mzv.sk/web/sk/grecko |access-date=4 November 2023 |website=mzv.sk |language=sk}}</ref> * Greece opened its embassy in [[Bratislava]] in September 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greece.sk|title=Greece.sk|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221011609/http://greece.sk/|archive-date=21 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Slovakia also has an embassy in Athens. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Slovenia}}||21 {{dts|format=dmy|1992-07}} |Both countries established diplomatic relations on 21 July 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mojca Pristavec Đogić |date=2016 |title=Priznanja samostojne Slovenije |url=https://fotogalerija.dz-rs.si/datoteke/Publikacije/Zborniki_RN/2016/Priznanja_samostojne_Slovenije_.pdf |access-date=4 November 2023 |page=5 |language=sl}}</ref> * Greece opened its embassy in [[Ljubljana]] in 1995. * Slovenia also has an embassy in Athens. * Both countries are full members of the European Union and NATO. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Spain}}||3 August 1834 |See [[Greece–Spain relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 3 August 1834.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Matilde Morcillo Rosillo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHRp7xSiQawC&dq=Espana+y+Grecia+establecimiento+relaciones+diplomaticas+...+agosto+1834&pg=PA144 |title=Las relaciones diplomáticas y comerciales entre España y Grecia visión española de la historia griega (1833–1913). |publisher=Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |year=1997 |pages=144 | isbn=978-84-89492-72-1 |language=es}}</ref> * There is embassy-level representation in Athens and [[Madrid]]. * Greece also has a general consulate in [[Barcelona]], and Spain an honorary consulate in [[Thessaloniki]]. * Today both country are members of the European Union and NATO. * Both [[Queen Sophia of Spain]] and [[El Greco|Domenikos Theotokopoulos]] are of Greek descent. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Sweden}}||24 January 1833 |See [[Greece–Sweden relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 24 January 1833 when Carl Peter von Heidenstam (until then Consul General) has been appointed as Chargé d'Affaires of the Kingdom of Sweden and Norway in Greece.<ref name="auto11"/> * The first contact between the two countries can be traced back to the 11th century. * Both countries are members of the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]]. * Sweden has an embassy in Athens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____11928.aspx|title=Athens – SwedenAbroad|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415145120/http://swedenabroad.com/Start____11928.aspx|archive-date=15 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Greece has an embassies in [[Stockholm]] and maintains two Honorary General Consulates in Sweden, in the cities of [[Malmö]] and [[Gothenburg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greekembassy.se/|title=Greek embassy in Stockholm|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-date=26 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126122831/http://www.greekembassy.se/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Sweden has eight honorary consulate in Greece ([[Thessaloniki]], [[Rhodes (city)|Rhodes]], [[Piraeus]], [[Patras]], [[Kos]], [[Corfu]], [[Heraklion]], [[Chania]]). |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Switzerland}}||8 October 1917 |See [[Greece–Switzerland relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 8 October 1917 when has been accredited first Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Greece to Switzerland Mr. Ap. Alexandris.<ref name="auto8"/> * Greece has an embassy in [[Bern]] and a consulate-general in [[Geneva]]. * Switzerland has an embassy in Athens. * Both countries are full members of the [[Council of Europe]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Ukraine}}||15 January 1992 |See [[Greece–Ukraine relations]] Both countries established diplomatic relations on 15 January 1992<ref>{{Cite web |title=Political relations |url=https://greece.mfa.gov.ua/en/partnership/3228-diplomacy |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=Embassy of Ukraine to the Hellenic Republic}}</ref> * Following the setting up of the Greek Embassy in [[Kyiv]] in 1993, general-consulates were set up in [[Mariupol]] and [[Odesa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://greece.kiev.ua/|title=Ýëåêòðîííàÿ áèáëèîòåêà LibOk.Net – ÷èòàòü è ñêà÷àòü êíèãè áåñïëàòíî|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909142232/http://greece.kiev.ua/|archive-date=9 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Ukraine has opened an embassy in Athens and a consulate-general in [[Thessaloniki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.ua/greece/en/news/top.htm|title=Посольство України у Грецькій Республіці|access-date=20 February 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805122005/http://www.mfa.gov.ua/greece/en/news/top.htm|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> * See also [[Greeks in Ukraine]] |--valign="top" | {{Flag|United Kingdom}}|| 1834 || see [[Greece–United Kingdom relations]] Greece established [[Foreign relations of the United Kingdom|diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom]] in 1834.<ref name="britain">{{Cite web |author=Hellenic Republic |date=9 December 2020 |title=General Information |url=https://www.mfa.gr/uk/en/greece/greece-and-the-uk/general-information.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241226104400/https://www.mfa.gr/uk/en/greece/greece-and-the-uk/general-information.html |archive-date=26 December 2024 |access-date=28 January 2025 |website=Greece in the UK}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The source only states the year when Greece and the United Kingdom established diplomatic relations.|date=January 2025}} * Greece maintains an [[Embassy of Greece, London|embassy]] in London, and honorary consulates in [[Belfast]], [[Birmingham]], [[Edinburgh]], [[Gibraltar]], [[Glasgow]], and [[Leeds]].<ref name="britain"/> * The United Kingdom is accredited to Greece through its embassy in Athens, and vice consulates in Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Thessaloniki, and [[Zakynthos]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-athens|title=British Embassy Athens|website=GOV.UK|access-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250127205052/https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-athens|archive-date=27 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The UK governed [[United States of the Ionian Islands|Ionian Islands]] from 1815 to 1864, when they were transferred to Greece. Both countries share common membership of the [[Council of Europe]], [[European Court of Human Rights]], the [[International Criminal Court]], [[NATO]], [[OECD]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], and the [[World Trade Organization]]. Bilaterally the two countries have a Defence and Security Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|author=Ministry of Defence|author-link=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|date=7 February 2023|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-greece-seek-strengthened-defence-partnership|title=UK and Greece seek strengthened Defence partnership|website=GOV.UK|access-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207184449/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-greece-seek-strengthened-defence-partnership|archive-date=7 February 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> a Double Taxation Agreement,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orbitax.com/taxhub/taxtreaties/GR/Greece/GB/United-Kingdom|title=United Kingdom - Greece Tax Treaty (1953)|website=Orbitax|access-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250128175034/https://www.orbitax.com/taxhub/taxtreaties/GR/Greece/GB/United-Kingdom|archive-date=28 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> and a Strategic Bilateral Framework.<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|last2=Docherty|first2=Leo|author2-link=Leo Docherty|date=30 January 2024|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-greece-bolster-trade-and-security-cooperation|title=UK and Greece bolster trade and security cooperation|website=GOV.UK|access-date=28 January 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130163411/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-greece-bolster-trade-and-security-cooperation|archive-date=30 January 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> |} === Australia and Oceania === {| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="width:100%; margin:auto;" !width="15%"| Country !width="12%"| Formal relations began !Notes |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Australia}}||30 March 1953<ref>{{Cite book|title=Current Notes on International Affairs, Volume 24|publisher=Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs|year=1953|pages=188}}</ref> |See [[Australia–Greece relations]] Relations between the two states are close: both country were allies during both [[World Wars]], there are a large Greek community in Australia (dating back from the 1950s and 1960s). Both countries have an embassy in the each other's capital. Greece also has consulates general in Sydney, [[Melbourne]] and [[Adelaide]], as well as a consulate in [[Perth]], honorary consulates general in [[Brisbane]] and [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]], and honorary consulates in [[Newcastle, New South Wales|Newcastle]] and [[Hobart]]. |--valign="top" | {{Flag|Fiji}}||24 February 1978 | * Diplomatic relations were established on 24 February 1978<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fiji FORMAL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS LIST|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827171052/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/images/FDR_LIST_version_of_6_June_2016.pdf|archive-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> * Fiji is represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Brussels]], Belgium.<ref name="Greece’s Bilateral Relations fiji">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/fiji/|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Fiji through its embassy in [[Wellington]], New Zealand<ref name="Greece’s Bilateral Relations fiji" /> and an honorary consulate in [[Suva]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/foreign-missions/honorary-consuls-in-fiji |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Fiji |access-date=10 September 2015 |archive-date=29 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229015112/http://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/foreign-missions/honorary-consuls-in-fiji |url-status=dead }}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|New Zealand}}||22 September 1955<ref>{{Cite book|title=Annual Report – Dept. of External Affairs|publisher=Department of External Affairs., 1955|pages=89}}</ref>|| see [[Greece–New Zealand relations]] In 1999, Greece opened an embassy in [[Wellington]]; however, it has since closed and Greece is accredited to New Zealand from its embassy in [[Canberra]], Australia. There is a Greek Honorary Consulate in [[Auckland]]. As part of an effort to redeploy resources in Europe, New Zealand closed its embassy in Athens in 1991, since when it has been represented in Greece through its embassy in [[Rome]], Italy which is accredited accordingly. It does still retain an honorary consulate general in Athens. On the level of political cooperation, the two countries have a like-minded approach to international crises and current issues of international interest. There is particularly close cooperation in offering mutual support within international organizations, such as the Human Rights Commission, the Universal Postal Union, etc. New Zealand also supported Greece's candidacy for a seat on the UN Security Council. The prevailing climate in political relations between Greece and New Zealand was demonstrated in 2002 by the visit of the President of the Hellenic Republic to Wellington, which confirmed the excellent state of relations between the two countries. |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Solomon Islands}}||28 August 1987|| *Both countries established diplomatic relations on 28 August 1987<ref>{{Cite book|title=Overview of Solomon Islands foreign policy|publisher=Solomon Islands. National Parliament. Foreign Relations Committee|year=1992}}</ref> *Greece is represented in the Solomon Islands via parallel accreditation of its embassy in [[Canberra]], Australia.<ref name="ReferenceJ">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/solomon-islands/|title=Greece's Bilateral Relations}}</ref> |-- valign="top" | {{Flag|Tonga}}||5 July 1985 | * Diplomatic relations were established on 5 July 1985<ref>{{Cite book|title=Report of the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Year...|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tonga. 1985|pages=4}}</ref> * Greece is represented in Tonga through its embassy in [[Wellington]], New Zealand.<ref name="Greece’s Bilateral Relations tonga">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gr/en/blog/greece-bilateral-relations/tonga/|title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece}}</ref> |} == Terms == === North Macedonia === {{Main|Macedonia naming dispute}} Greece rejected the use of the term [[Macedonia (terminology)|Macedonia]] or "Republic of Macedonia" to refer to its northern neighbour after its independence from the former Yugoslavia in 1991.<ref name="YPEKS fYROM">{{cite web |url=http://www1.mfa.gr/en/fyrom-name-issue/ |title=FYROM Name Issue |publisher=mfa.gr |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015051902/http://www1.mfa.gr/en/fyrom-name-issue/ |archive-date=15 October 2011 }}</ref> The Greek government opposed the use of the name without any qualification such as 'Republic of Northern Macedonia' to the post-1991 constitutional name of its northern neighbour,<ref name="YPEKS fYROM" /> citing historical and territorial concerns resulting from the ambiguity between the terms Republic of Macedonia, the [[Macedonia (Greece)|Greek region of Macedonia]] and the ancient kingdom of [[Macedon]],<ref name="YPEKS fYROM" /> which falls within Greek Macedonia. Greece also objected to the use of the terms "Macedonian" to denote [[ethnic Macedonians]] and the [[Macedonian language]],<ref name="YPEKS fYROM" /> as these terms have a different meaning in Greece (inhabitants of the Greek region of Macedonia and the Macedonian [[Modern Greek dialects|dialect of Greek]]). The dispute has escalated to the highest level of international mediation, involving numerous attempts to achieve a resolution, notably by the United Nations. The provisional reference ''the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'' (FYROM)<ref name="Interim Accord">{{cite web |url=http://untreaty.un.org/unts/120001_144071/6/3/00004456.pdf |title=GREECE and THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA – Interim Accord (with related letters and translations of the Interim Accord in the languages of the Contracting Parties). Signed at New York on 13 September 1995 |date=13 September 1995 |publisher=United Nations |access-date=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218110226/http://untreaty.un.org/unts/120001_144071/6/3/00004456.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2008 }}</ref> was used in relations involving states which do not recognise the constitutional name, Republic of Macedonia. Nevertheless, all the United Nations member-states have agreed to accept any final agreement resulting from negotiations between the two countries. The dispute has not prevented the two countries from enjoying close trade links and investment levels (especially from Greece), but it has generated a great deal of political and academic debate on both sides. On 13 September 1995 the two countries signed the Interim Accord,<ref name="Interim Accord" /> whereby Greece recognized the Republic of Macedonia under its provisional reference.<ref name="Interim Accord" /> As of August 2011 negotiations aimed at resolving the dispute are ongoing. Under Greek pressure, the [[European Union]] and [[NATO]] agreed that for the Republic of Macedonia to receive an invitation to join these institutions the name dispute must be resolved first.<ref name="NATO summit">{{cite web |url=http://www.summitbucharest.ro/en/doc_202.html |title=Bucharest Summit Declaration Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008 |date=3 April 2008 |publisher=summitbucharest.ro |access-date=27 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003162137/http://www.summitbucharest.ro/en/doc_202.html |archive-date=3 October 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="EU Accession">{{CELEX|32008D0212|text=2008/212/EC: Council Decision of 18 February 2008 on the principles, priorities and conditions contained in the Accession Partnership with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and repealing Decision 2006/57/EC}}</ref><ref name="EU Accession 2">{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2010/package/conclusions_fyrom_en.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122112633/http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf/key_documents/2010/package/conclusions_fyrom_en.pdf |archive-date=2010-11-22 |url-status=live |title=Conclusions on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |publisher=ec.europa.eu |access-date=27 August 2011}}</ref> This resulted in a case at the [[International Court of Justice]] against Greece for violation of the Interim Accord.<ref name="ICJ 1">{{cite web |url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/142/14881.pdf |title=The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia institutes proceedings against Greece for a violation of Article 11 of the Interim Accord of 13 September 1995 |date=17 November 2008 |publisher=icj-cij.org |access-date=27 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216072534/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/142/14881.pdf |archive-date=16 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Court deemed Greece was wrong to block its neighbour's bid to join [[NATO]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16032198|title=ICJ rules Greece 'wrong' to block Macedonia's Nato bid|publisher=BBC News|date=5 December 2011|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref> No penalties were imposed<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/142/16841.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111081617/http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/142/16841.pdf#view=FitH&pagemode=none&search=%22Macedonia%22 |archive-date=11 January 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but the result made it politically more difficult for Greece to object to any of its neighbour's future applications to either NATO or the EU. On 12 June 2018 the [[Prespes agreement]] was signed between the two countries which changed the constitutional name of "Macedonia" to [[Republic of North Macedonia]]. Opposition arose in both countries but in the end the agreement was mutually ratified. The Prespes agreement went into force 12 February 2019. Greece officially endorsed North Macedonia's accession to NATO on 15 February 2019, being the first country in the defense alliance to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-01-25 |title=Macedonia and Greece: Vote settles 27-year name dispute |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47002865 |access-date=2024-03-19}}</ref> === Northern Epirus === {{Main|Northern Epirus}} Northern Epirus is the name used generally by Greeks to refer to the southern part of Albania, home to a Greek minority<ref>Country Studies US: [http://countrystudies.us/albania/49.htm Greeks and Other Minorities]</ref> which after 1989 keeps reducing due to immigration to Greece. The Greek minority was subject to oppression and harassment during [[Enver Hoxha]]'s communist rule and along with the rest of Albanians was hit hardly by the isolation that the regime imposed and from the economic hardship that followed the [[fall of communism]] as well. The treatment of the minority by the Albanian government is strongly linked with the status of Greco-Albanian relations. The Greek minority is organized under the [[Unity for Human Rights Party]] which is the continuation of the former banned party called "Omonoia" (Unity in Greek) and has since 1997 joined the [[Socialist Party of Albania|Socialist coalition]]. At the [[1996 Albanian parliamentary election|1996 Albanian election]] the Greek minority party received 4.1% of the vote and two seats in parliament. The party leader is Vangjel Dule, while party member Vasilis Bolanos is former mayor of the town of Himara. The party is represented in the ELDR group in the Council of Europe. Strong Greek presence exists in [[Gjirokastër]], [[Korçë]], [[Sarandë]], [[Himara]] and the nearby areas. The former CIA director [[George J. Tenet]], [[Pyrros Dimas]], [[Sotiris Ninis]] and former Greek president [[Kostis Stefanopoulos]] have ancestral links to the Greek minority. The situation of the [[Greeks in Albania]] is closely tied to the socio-political ties of the two countries. At times differences between Athens and Tirana regarding the rights and position of the minority has led to tense relations. The community, alongside the [[Albanian communities in Greece]] are hailed as a bridge of friendship between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Greek PM Mitsotakis Pledges to Steadfastly Support Ethnic Greek Minority of Albania |url=https://www.thenationalherald.com/greece-unhappy-albania-makes-deal-to-buy-war-drones-from-turkey/ |website=The National Herald |date=22 December 2022 |quote="...Mitsotakis, clearly moved, stated that it was a great honour to be the first Greek prime minister to visit Himare... "The Greek ethnic minority of Albania will have in me a steadfast supporter of your just claims. You are the bridge of friendship between Greece and Albania."}}</ref> === Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople === {{See also|Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Halki seminary}} [[File:Stgeorgeistanbul3.JPG|thumb|The entrance of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople|Patriarchal]] Cathedral of St. George in the Phanar district.]] The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, protected under the [[Treaty of Lausanne (1923)|treaty of Lausanne]] is a point of controversy between Greece and Turkey as the latter refuses to recognize the Ecumenical character of the Patriarchate thus requiring the Patriarch himself to be a Turkish citizen. Moreover, the biggest part of the Patriarchate's property – known as Vakoufia – had been confiscated by Turkish authorities and the [[Halki seminary|Theological school of Halki]], the traditional school out of which the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] draws its clergy, has been closed since 1971. To no avail numerous Greek, European Union and USA officials have criticized Turkey's attitude and even president [[Bill Clinton]] during his visit in Greece asked for the theological school to open. During Greek prime-minister's [[Kostas Karamanlis]] historic visit to Turkey in 2007, [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] promised to reconsider his country's stance on the matter. === Black Sea === The [[Black Sea]] is a region heavily colonized by Greeks throughout history. It used to have a [[Pontic Greeks|significant presence of Greeks]] up until the [[population exchange between Greece and Turkey]] in 1923. Nowadays there remains Greek presence on the shores of Black Sea mainly in [[Mariupol]] (Ukraine), [[Crimea]], Russia and Georgia despite emigration to Greece during and after the dissolution of [[Soviet Union]]. Today Greeks in the region are estimated to be around 215,000 according to official [[Greek diaspora]] figures. Greece is a founding member of the [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation]]. == International organization participation == Greece is a major participant in most large-scale international bodies, with the geographic significance of the region proving advantageous for diplomatic, trade and political crossroads. In 1967, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands brought the [[Greek Case]] against the [[Greek junta]] regime for human rights violations. As a result, Greece left the [[Council of Europe]] in 1969, returning in 1976. It was the only country to have left the Council of Europe up until 2022 when Russia also left.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Madsen |first1=Mikael Rask |title=Principled Resistance to ECtHR Judgments – A New Paradigm? |date=2019 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-662-58986-1 |pages=35–52 |chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-58986-1_2|chapter=Resistance to the European Court of Human Rights: The Institutional and Sociological Consequences of Principled Resistance|series=Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht |volume=285 |doi=10.1007/978-3-662-58986-1_2 |s2cid=210655765 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Ed |title=The Evolution of the European Convention on Human Rights: From Its Inception to the Creation of a Permanent Court of Human Rights |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-920799-2 |pages=264–270|chapter=The 'Greek' Case, 1967–1969}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=What does Russia leaving the Council of Europe mean? {{!}} DW {{!}} 17 March 2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/what-does-russia-leaving-the-council-of-europe-mean/a-61164543 |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> [[Bank for International Settlements|BIS]], [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation|BSEC]], [[Customs Cooperation Council|CCC]], [[Council of Europe|CE]], [[Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council|EAPC]], [[EBRD]], [[United Nations Economic Commission for Africa|ECA]] (associate), [[United Nations Economic Commission for Europe|ECE]], [[ECLAC]], [[European Investment Bank|EIB]], [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union|EMU]], EU, [[Food and Agriculture Organization|FAO]], [[IAEA]], [[IBRD]], [[ICAO]], [[International Development Association|IDA]], [[International Energy Agency|IEA]], [[IFAD]], [[International Finance Corporation|IFC]], [[International Labour Organization|ILO]], [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]], [[International Maritime Organization]], [[Interpol (organization)|Interpol]], [[IOC]], [[International Organization for Migration|IOM]], [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]], [[NATO]], [[OECD]], [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], [[The United Nations|UN]], [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]], [[UNCTAD]], [[UNESCO]], [[UNHCR]], [[WEU]], [[World Health Organization|WHO]], [[WIPO]], [[Craiova Group]] [[WMO]]. Greece was elected by the [[United Nations General Assembly]] to the [[United Nations Security Council]], on 15 October 2004, as a non-permanent member for 2005 and 2006. == See also == * [[List of diplomatic missions in Greece]] * [[List of diplomatic missions of Greece]] * [[List of ministries of Greece]] * [[Foreign relations of the European Union]] == References == {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * {{Cite journal |last=Economides |first=Spyros |date=March 2005 |title=The Europeanisation of Greek Foreign Policy |journal=[[West European Politics]] |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=471–491 |doi=10.1080/01402380500060528 |s2cid=154004940}} == External links == {{Commons category|International relations of Greece|Foreign relations of Greece}} * [http://www.ypex.gov.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/ Greece's foreign policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928135304/http://www.ypex.gov.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/ |date=28 September 2007 }}, via the Greek Ministry of Foreign affairs * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051220072011/http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/al.html#People Ethnic groups in Albania], via CIA – The World Factbook * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120716202721/http://www2.mfa.gr/www.mfa.gr/en-US/Policy/Geographic+Regions/South-Eastern+Europe/Turkey/ Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs] {{Hellenic foreign relations}} {{Greece topics}} {{Foreign relations of Europe}} [[Category:Foreign relations of Greece| ]]
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