POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN UKRAINE AND THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC
The relations between Ukraine and the Hellenic Republic have long historical roots and marked with high level of cooperation and interaction. The Hellenic Republic took an active role in supporting Ukraine since the full-scale military aggression of russian federation. Greece consistently advocates support for the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty of Ukraine, actively supports the European integration course of official Kyiv and initiatives of the Ukrainian side to further development of relations with NATO.
Both countries support and maintain comprehensive political dialogue and contacts at all levels.
Bilateral high-level dialogue:
March 13, 2022 – Telephone conversation between President of Ukraine V. Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
April 7, 2022 – Online address by the President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy to the Hellenic Parliament.
June 22, 2022 – Telephone conversation between President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
November 3, 2022 – Visit by President of the Hellenic Republic K.Sakellaropoulou to Ukraine (Kyiv).
December 30, 2022 – Telephone conversation between President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
February 9, 2023 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the European Council (Brussels).
April 10, 2023 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
August 21–22, 2023 – Visit by President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy to the Hellenic Republic (Athens).
January 29, 2024 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
March 6, 2024 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis (Odesa).
March 21, 2024 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
April 11, 2024 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the Three Seas Initiative Summit (Vilnius).
May 23, 2024 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
October 10, 2024 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the 3rd Ukraine–Southeast Europe Summit (Dubrovnik).
October 17, 2024 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the special meeting of the European Council (Brussels).
February 22, 2025 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
March 4, 2025 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
May 22, 2025 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
June 11, 2025 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the 4th Ukraine–Southeast Europe Summit (Odesa).
August 5, 2025 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
October 15, 2025 – Telephone conversation of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis.
November 16, 2025 – Visit of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy to the Hellenic Republic (Athens), during which the President of Ukraine held meetings with President of the Hellenic Republic K.Tasoulas, Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic K.Mitsotakis, and President of the Hellenic Parliament N.Kaklamanis.
June 18, 2026 – Meeting of President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy and Prime Minister K.Mitsotakis on the sidelines of the European Council (Brussels).
July 15, 2026 – Online participation of President of the Hellenic Republic K.Tasoulas in the 5th Ukraine–Southeast Europe Summit (Kyiv).
Dialogue at the level of Foreign Ministries:
January 31, 2022 – Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias to Ukraine (Mariupol).
January 31, 2022 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias.
March 23, 2022 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias.
April 3, 2022 – Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias to Ukraine (Odesa).
July 12, 2022 – Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias to Ukraine (Odesa).
October 19, 2022 – Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias to Ukraine (Kyiv).
May 16, 2023 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic N.Dendias.
August 11, 2023 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
October 2, 2023 – Visit of Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis to Ukraine to participate in the informal meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (Kyiv).
April 3, 2024 – Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D.Kuleba and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis on the sidelines of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Brussels).
November 1, 2024 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
November 29, 2024 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
December 4, 2024 – Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis on the sidelines of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Brussels).
January 11, 2025 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
February 22, 2025 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece G.Gerapetritis.
October 20, 2025 – Meeting of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis on the sidelines of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting (Brussels).
February 16, 2026 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
May 15, 2026 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
July 6, 2026 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
August 16, 2026 – Telephone conversation of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine A.Sybiha and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic G.Gerapetritis.
Interparliamentary Cooperation:
May 7, 2022 – Address (online) by President of Ukraine V.Zelenskyy to the members of the Hellenic Parliament.
June 17, 2022 – Visit of Co-chair of Parliamentary Group on Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Hellenic Republic of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine T.Plachkova to the Hellenic Republic, during which T.Plachkova met with First Deputy Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament N.Kaklamanis and Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament D.Kairidis (Athens)
November 5–6, 2023 – Visit of deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine A.Shkrum and L.Vasylenko to the Hellenic Republic to participate in the Parliamentary Assembly of Francophonie (Athens).
November 11, 2023 – Telephone conversation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine R.Stefanchuk and the President of the Hellenic Parliament K.Tasoulas.
November 14, 2023 – Telephone conversation of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine R.Stefanchuk and the President of the Hellenic Parliament K.Tasoulas.
February 22, 2024 – Visit of Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament S.Gikas to Ukraine (Kyiv) to participate in the framework of a meeting of parliamentary foreign affairs committee chairs organized by the Lithuanian side.
April 18, 2024 – First meeting (online) of the chairs of the Ukrainian and Greek inter-parliamentary friendship groups V.Medianyk and N.Panagiotopoulos.
May 4, 2024 – Meeting (online) of Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament D.Bakoyannis and Chair of Committee on Foreign Policy and Inter-parliamentary Cooperation of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine O.Merezhko.
September 18, 2024 – Second meeting (online) of the chairs of the Ukrainian and Greek inter-parliamentary friendship groups V.Medianyk and G.Stamatis.
October 20–24, 2024 – Visit of the delegation of the members of the Hellenic Parliament led by Chair of Greece-Ukraine Friendship Group of the Hellenic Parliament G.Stamatis to Ukraine (Kyiv and Odesa).
November 11–14, 2024 – Visit of the members of Parliamentary Group on Inter-Parliamentary Relations with the Hellenic Republic of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine V.Medianyk and V.Halaichuk to Greece (Athens).
February 24, 2025 – Visit of Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Parliament D.Keridis to Ukraine (Kyiv) to participate in the framework of a meeting of parliamentary foreign affairs committee chairs organized by the Lithuanian side.
April 15–19, 2026 – Meeting of the members of parliamentary delegations of Ukraine (O.Zhmerenetskyi, O.Sanchenko, L.Vasylenko) and Greece (K.Alexopoulou, D.Avramopoulos, E.Notopoulou) on the sidelines of the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) (Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye).
June 5, 2026 – Meeting of Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the Hellenic Parliament: "The impact of the war on children with disabilities, mental health, rehabilitation, and the long-term recovery of children affected by the war", facilitated by the Parliamentary Network on the Situation of Ukrainian Children of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and attended by members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine O.Khomenko and P.Sushko, and Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine A.Konovalova.
June 15–17, 2026 – Visit of delegation of members of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (S.Bobrovska, V.Ivchenko, H.Kasai, O.Fediienko) led by Chair of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence O.Zavitnevych to the Hellenic Republic (Athens).
Participation in the Parliamentary Summits of the International Crimea Platform:
October 24–25, 2022 – The President of the Hellenic Parliament C.Tassoulas participated (online) in the First Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform (Zagreb, Croatia).
October 24, 2023 – The First Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament I.Plakiotakis participated in the Second Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform (Prague, Czech Republic).
October 24, 2024 – The First Vice-President of the Hellenic Parliament I.Plakiotakis participated in the Third Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform (Riga, Latvia).
November 23–24, 2025 – The Second Deputy Speaker of the Parliament G.Georgantas participated in the Fourth Parliamentary Summit of the International Crimea Platform (Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden).