Greece–Pakistan relations are foreign relations between Pakistan and Greece. Pakistan's first embassy in Athens was opened in 1975. Greece established an embassy in Islamabad in 1987.
For the ancient Greeks, “India" (Greek: Ινδία) referred to the land of the River Indus. The polity situated east of Persia and south of the Himalayas (with the exception of Serica). Although, during different periods of history, "India" referred to a much wider or much less extensive place.[1] The Greeks referred to the ancient Indians as "Indói" (Greek: Ἰνδοί, lit. 'people of the Indus River'); the Indians referred to the Greeks as "Yonas (Yavanas)"[2] in reference to the Ionians.[3]
Pakistani migrant children pose for a ceremony in Athens, Greece.
Greece supports a successful outcome of the bilateral Indo-Pakistani dialogue and a peaceful resolution of the differences between the two countries, including the dispute over Kashmir.[4]
Diaspora
As of 2023, there are around 60,000 Pakistanis settled in Greece.[5][6]
The issue of unlawful migrants, including criminals posed a serious problem that the Pakistani Federal Intelligence Agency opened offices in Greece to help track down and remove these people from within Greece.[8]
