“As Greece and Korea celebrate the 65th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, Athens is seeking to expand a partnership long anchored in shipping, shipbuilding and trade into new areas including green growth, digital governance, innovation and regional security, while strengthening cooperation between the two like-minded middle power countries.”
“[Greek Foreign Minister] Gerapetritis pointed to cooperation between Skaramangas Shipyard and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries on naval and coast guard vessel projects, as well as the partnership between ONEX Shipyards and Technologies and Hanwha Power Systems.”
“The latter has since developed into Project Trident, a 1.35 billion euro ($1.58 billion) trilateral investment program involving Greece, Korea and the United States that is expected to create approximately 10,000 jobs.”
” ‘Equally important is Greece’s strategic geographic position at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa,’ he said. ‘As a rapidly developing regional hub for energy, transport and digital connectivity in Southeastern Europe, Greece increasingly serves as a gateway to the European market. This creates significant opportunities for Korean companies in renewable energy, infrastructure, digital technologies, logistics, tourism and innovation’. ”
“Gerapetritis said the partnership is also expanding through the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement, the EU-Korea Security and Defence Partnership and NATO’s engagement with Indo-Pacific partners. He added that Greece’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2027 would provide ‘an excellent opportunity to further strengthen this strategic partnership’.”