Greece–Lithuania relations

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

Greek-Lithuanian relations
Map indicating locations of Greece and Lithuania

Greece

Lithuania

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.[1] Greece has had an embassy in Vilnius since January 2, 2005.

List of bilateral visits

Bilateral agreements[2]

  • 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

Diplomacy

See also

References

  1. http://gr.mfa.lt/index.php?-104215627 Archived 2013-05-23 at the Wayback Machine Lithuanian embassy in Athens
  2. http://www.urm.lt/index.php?-1664808191 Archived 2012-03-27 at the Wayback Machine Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Greece
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