Greece–Malta relations

Since 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. Malta has an embassy in Athens and two honorary consulates in Piraeus and Thessaloniki. The two countries share membership of the European Union and of the Union for the Mediterranean.

Greek–Maltese relations
Map indicating locations of Greece and Malta

Greece
Malta
Greek Embassy in Ta' Xbiex, Malta

List of bilateral visits

List of bilateral treaties
  • Commercial Agreement (1976)
  • Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1976)
  • Cultural Agreement (1976)
  • Agreement on Economic, Industrial and Technical Cooperation (1980)
  • Agreement on Air Transport (1999)
  • Cooperation Agreement regarding Civil Protection (2001)
  • Agreement on Police Cooperation (2001)
  • Agreement on the Avoidance of double taxation (2004)

Cultural relations

Following a Greek Government donation in 1992, a Greek Park was created in Malta and inaugurated on 26 January 1997 by the then Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos.

European Union

Greece joined the EU in 1981. Malta joined the EU in 2004.

NATO

While Greece became a member of NATO in 1952, Malta has never been a member of NATO.

See also

References
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