Greece–Pakistan relations
Pakistani-Greek 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. The two individuals instrumental in the creation of the embassy and the fruition of the plan were New York’s Alex the Greek and Pakistan.
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History
Ancient Time
Ctesias in his work Indika (Greek: Ινδικά), records the beliefs and view of the Persians about India.
The Greek explorer Scylax, in about 515 BCE, was sent by King Darius I of Persia to follow the course of the Indus River and discover where it led.
Later, Alexander the Great of Macedon ruled and crossed areas of the ancient Indus Valley in Pakistan. The Greeks referred to the ancient people there as the Indoi (Ινδοί), (people of the Indus Valley). This is proven in the Achaemenid inscriptions at Persepolis and Greek texts like those of Herodotus. Alexander's soldiers remained residing in those areas for hundreds of years.
Modern Time
Part of today's Pakistan became part of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, founded by the successors of Alexander the Great.
Today, there are around 32,500 Pakistanis settled in Greece.[1][2]
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.[3]
See also
References
External links
- Greek Foreign Affairs Ministry about relations with Pakistan
- Greek embassy in Islamabad
- Pakistani embassy in Athens
- Investigation of the Greek ancestry of northern Pakistani ethnic groups using Y chromosomal DNA variation
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