Cyprus–Greece relations

Cypriot–Greek relations

Cyprus	Greece

Cypriot–Greek relations are foreign relations between Cyprus and Greece. Cyprus has an embassy in Athens and a consulate-general in Thessaloniki. Greece has an embassy in Nicosia. Both countries are full members of the European Union, Council of Europe and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

Country comparison

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Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Dimas with President of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Yiannakis Omirou in November 2011

	Cyprus	Greece
Population	1,099,341	10,815,016
Area	9,251 km2 (3,572sq mi)	131,990 km2 (50,944sq mi)
Population Density	117/km2 (303/sq mi)	85.3/km2 (221/sq mi)
Capital	Nicosia	Athens
Largest City	Nicosia – 310,355 (398,293Metro)	Athens – 3,074,160 (3,737,550Metro)
Government	Presidential republic	Parliamentary republic
Official languages	Greek and Turkish	Greek
Main religions	75% Christian, 18% Muslim, 7% Others	98% Christianity, 1.3% Muslim, 0.7% Others
Ethnic groups	77% Greek Cypriot, 18% Turkish Cypriot, 5% Others	93.76% Greeks, 4.32% Albanians, 0.39% Bulgarians, 0.23% Romanians, 0.18% Ukrainians, 0.14% Pakistani, 0.12% Russians, 0.12% Georgians, 0.09% Indians, 0.65% Others
GDP (nominal)	US$24.949 billion (US$30,570 per capita)	US$303.065 billion ($27,073 per capita)
GDP (PPP)	$23.723 billion ($29,074 per capita)	$294.339 billion ($26,293 per capita)
Military expenditures	$510,000,000 (1.8% of GDP)	$7,502,000,000 (2.3% of GDP)
Military Troops	60,800	461,600
English Speakers	87%	51%
Labour Forces	403,000	5,010,000

See also

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Embassy of Greece in Nicosia, Cyprus

• Foreign relations of Cyprus
• Foreign relations of Greece
• Energy Triangle
• Greek Cypriots
• History of Cyprus
• Enosis

External links

• Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Greece
• Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the relation with Cyprus
• Greek embassy in Nicosia