Greece and Lithuania are both full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, of the European Union and of NATO.

Historical relations

Greece recognised the State of Lithuania on May 23, 1922, and diplomatic relations between the two countries were restored on January 7, 1992. Greece had never officially recognised the annexation of the Baltic states by the USSR. Lithuania has maintained an embassy in Athens since 1997 along with an honorary consulate in Thessaloniki. Greece has had an embassy in Vilnius since January 2, 2005.

Greece–Lithuania relations

List of bilateral visits

In February 1997, the President of Lithuania Algirdas Brazauskas visited Greece

On July 2, 2007, the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Petras Vaitiekūnas visited Athens In September 2008, the Prime Minister of Lithuania Gediminas Kirkilas visited Athens

Greece–Lithuania relations

Bilateral agreements

investment protection, culture, tourism, economic, industrial and technological cooperation, road and sea transport, mutual elimination of visas, re-admission of persons, protection of confidential information

Greece–Lithuania relations

Diplomacy

Hellenic Republic

Vilnius (Embassy)

Republic of Lithuania

Athens (Embassy)

See also

Foreign relations of Greece

Foreign relations of Lithuania

References

External links

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Lithuania

Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Greece

Lithuanian embassy in Athens

Lithuania

Greece