Relationship dossier
Egypt
Greece
Relationship assessment
Egypt and Greece sustain a strategic partnership centered on maritime cooperation, energy, and defense.
Egypt toward Greece
+60Egypt signed a maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Greece in 2020 and has participated in recurring trilateral cooperation with Greece and Cyprus. The two governments announced a strategic partnership in 2023.
Greece toward Egypt
+60Greece signed a maritime boundary delimitation agreement with Egypt in 2020 and has participated in recurring trilateral cooperation with Egypt and Cyprus. The two governments announced a strategic partnership in 2023.
Overall relationship
+60The relationship is anchored by the 2020 maritime boundary agreement and ongoing cooperation involving energy, defense, and the trilateral Greece–Egypt–Cyprus format. The 2023 strategic partnership announcement reinforces this framework. These durable arrangements indicate substantial cooperation, while the practical reach of the partnership remains less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Egypt and Greece have developed sustained cooperation in maritime affairs, energy, and defense. Their 2020 maritime boundary agreement and recurring trilateral cooperation with Cyprus provide concrete foundations for the relationship, alongside a strategic partnership announced in 2023. The partnership is substantial, though its practical implementation and the scope of specific commitments are not fully clear.
Key developments
Greece, Egypt, and Cyprus established a trilateral cooperation format.
Egypt and Greece signed an agreement delimiting their maritime boundary.
Egypt and Greece announced a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of commitments under the strategic partnership are unclear.
- The extent and continuity of bilateral defense cooperation are uncertain.