​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : April 05, 1961
  • Bilateral Trade(2024)
    • Exports : $ 1386 million
    • Imports : $ 1092 million
  • Number of Koreans living in Greece(2023) : about 301
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Greece
      • 1995  May Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Ban Ki-moon
      • 1999  January Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Bong-ho
      • 2000  May Speaker of the National Assembly Park Joon-kyu
      • 2001  October Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Yoo Sam-nam
      • 2002  August Minister for Trade Hwang Doo-yun
      • 2002  November Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Cho Chang-hyun
      • 2004  April Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
      • 2004  June Chairperson of the Board of Audit and Inspection Jeon Yun-chul
      • 2004  August Minister of Culture and Tourism Jung Dong-chae
      • 2006  April Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
      • 2006  September President Roh Moo-hyun
      • 2007  June Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kang Moo-hyun
      • 2007  October Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kang Moo-hyun
      • 2009  November Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Lee Yong-hoon
      • 2010  January Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Hyung-oh
      • 2010  August Vice-speaker of the National Assembly Jung Eui-hwa
      • 2011  May Presidential envoy Park Gun-hye
      • 2014  June Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Yoon Sang-jick
      • 2017  October Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon
      • 2018  March Vice-speaker of the National Assembly Park Joosun
      • 2018  September Vice-Minister of Interior and Safety, Shim Bo-kyun
      • 2021  July Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seug
      • 2023  April Presidential Envoy Jang Sung-min
      • 2023  September Presidential Envoy Chey Tae-won
      • 2023  October Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
      • 2023  November Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Young-joo
    • From Greece to the ROK
      • 1987  July Minister of Foreign Affairs Karolos Papoulias
      • 1990  November Prime Minister Konstadinos Mitsotakis
      • 1995  May Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
      • 1998  March Minister of the Mercantile Marine Stavros Soumakis
      • 2000  February Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
      • 2000  October Alternate Foreign Minister Elisavet Papazoi
      • 2003  February Alternate Foreign Minister Tasso Giannitsis
      • 2004  November Minister of Agricultural Development Evangelos Bassiako
      • 2005  January Minister of Mercantile Marine Manolis Kefalogiannis
      • 2005  September Mayor of Athens Dora Bakoyannis
      • 2007  June Minister of Transportation and Communications Michail Georgios Liapis
      • 2008  June Minister of Maritime Transportation Voulgarakis
      • 2011  July Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Dollis
      • 2013  December President Karolos Papoulias
      • 2014  February Minister of Maritime Transportation Varvitsiotis
      • 2015  June Minister of Tourism Elena Kountoura
      • 2017  November Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Kotzias
      • 2018  February Minister of Culture and Sports, Lydia Koniordou
      • 2018  September Minister of Tourism, Elena Kountoura
      • 2018  December Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
      • 2019  October Deputy Minister of National Defence, Alkiviadis Stefanis
      • 2020  November Deputy Minister of National Defence, Alkiviadis Stefanis
      • 2022  September Deputy Minister of National Defence, Nikos Chardalias
      • 2024  April Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexandra Papadopoulou
      • 2024  September Minister of Culture and Sports, Lina Mendoni

• Related documents

  • Outcome of Telephone Conversation between Foreign Ministers of ROK and Greece
  • Delegation Dispatched to Greece and Romania to Seek E-Government Cooperation

• Related links

  • Embassy in Greece