page_title: Bulgaria–Greece relations
section_title: Bilateral relations and cooperation
hierarchical_section_title: Bulgaria–Greece relations / Bilateral relations and cooperation
caption_attribution_description: Στις 18 Ιανουαρίου 2012 συναντήθηκε ο ΥΠΕΞ Σ. Δήμας με τον ΥΠΕΞ Βουλγαρίας N. Mladenov και μετά τη συνάντησή τους ακολούθησαν δηλώσεις. Δείτε τις κοινές δηλώσεις των Υπουργών εδώ: www1.mfa.gr/epikairotita/diloseis-omilies/deloseis-upeks-...
context_page_description: Bulgaria–Greece relations refer to bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Greece.
  Due to the strong political, cultural and religious ties between the two nations, Greece and Bulgaria today enjoy excellent diplomatic relations and consider each other a friendly nation.
  Greece is a strong supporter of Bulgaria's Euro-Atlantic integration and entry to the Schengen Area. Bulgaria and Greece share common political views about the Balkans, the enlargement plans of the European Union and the rest of the world, with the first being a supporter of the latter's stance on the Macedonia Naming Dispute. Modern relations between the two countries were established in 1908 and are regarded as excellent despite Axis occupation of Greece along with Germany and Italy during World War II.
context_section_description: Diplomatic relations were established in 1908. Bulgaria has an embassy in Athens and Greece has an embassy in Sofia. Greece is the top investor and one of Bulgaria's main trade partners. Both states are co-operating in many fields, such as political, judicial, energy and tourism. There are regular high-level visits between the two countries, and frequent contacts between the two countries' governments and the local authorities on various matters concerning individual sectors, such as the control of flow of the Maritsa River (also known as Evros) of which the overflow during times of strong rainfall, threatens the towns and villages in the regions it flows through. Big projects currently in running between the two countries include the touristic development and the gas pipelines. Official meetings between the two governments and the Presidents of the State are frequent and the armies of both states cooperate and are co-training in a regular basis as part of the NATO training programme.
caption: Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov.
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