Greece–Kazakhstan relations

Greek-Kazakh relations

Greece
Kazakhstan

Greek-Kazakh relations are the relations between Greece and Kazakhstan. Both countries established diplomatic relations on October 1, 1992. Greece opened an Embassy in Almaty in February, 1997. Kazakhstan opened an Embassy in Athens in 2005. Kazakhstan has had an honorary consulate in Athens since 1998.

Kazakhstan has a Greek community of 10,000 to 12,000 people.[1] Along with communities based in nearby Kyrgyzstan, the expatriate Greeks are served by a "Friendship federation", which publishes a small newspaper and organises social events.[1]

Economic Co-operation

In addition to a general desire to improve ties and develop trade with the EU,[2] Kazakhstan has particular interest in the Burgas–Alexandroupoli pipeline which will allow the transport of its oil from the Black Sea port of Burgas to the Greek Aegean port of Alexandroupoli, thus providing access to the markets of Southern and Western Europe while bypassing the Bosporus and the Dardanelles.[3] [4] Former Greece president Konstantinos Stephanopoulos has expressed admiration for Kazakhstan and interest in further developing trade.[5]

List of bilateral visits

Bilateral agreements

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Bilateral Relations between Grece and Kazakhstan". Greeces's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  2. ↑ "EU-Kazakhstan diplomatic relationship commemorated". NewEurope. 2008-05-02. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  3. ↑ "At the St. Petersburg summit Kazakhstan Energy Minister discusses Kazakhstan's participation in the Burgas-Alexandroupolis project". Kazakhstan Government. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  4. ↑ "Kazakhstan to participate in Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipe line project". Kazakhstan today. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
  5. ↑ "Heads of state comment on President Nazarbayev and modern Kazakhstan". kazakhstanlive.com. Retrieved 2009-11-25.

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