Greece–Malta relations

Greek-Maltese relations are the relations between Greece and Malta. 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 2 honorary consulates in Piraeus and Thessaloniki. The two countries share membership of the European Union and of the Union for the Mediterranean.

List of bilateral visits

• Visit by the then Prime Minister of Greece Costas Simitis to Valletta (May 24-25, 2001) in his capacity as President of the European Council.
• Visit to Greece by the then President of Malta, Prof. Guido de Marco (September 11-13, 2002).
• Visit by the Prime Minister of Greece Kostas Karamanlis visited Malta between October 9 to 11 2008 and had meetings with the President of Malta, Mr. Edward Fenech Adami, Prime Minister of Malta Mr. Lawrence Gonzi and the head of the main opposition party, Mr. Joseph Muscat.

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 January 26, 1997 by the then Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos.

See also

• Foreign relations of Greece
• Foreign relations of Malta

References

External links

• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Malta
• Maltese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: directions of Maltese representations in Greece