Greece–Pakistan relations
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.
History
Ancient relations
For the ancient Greeks, “India" referred to the land of the River Indus. The polity situated east of Persia and south of the Himalayas. Although, during different periods of history, "India" referred to a much wider or much less extensive place. The Greeks referred to the ancient Indians as "Indói" ; the Indians referred to the Greeks as "Yonas (Yavanas)" in reference to the Ionians.Part of today's Pakistan became part of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, founded by the successors of Alexander the Great.
Modern relations
The Greek architect and urban planner Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis was the lead architect and planner of Islamabad.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.