Greece seeks to elevate Korea ties through maritime innovation, Indo-Pacific partnership

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.

In a written interview with The Korea Times marking his three-day visit to Seoul this week, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said maritime cooperation remains at the heart of bilateral economic relations, with Greece being the world’s leading ship-owning nation and Korea a global powerhouse in shipbuilding.

Maritime partnership enters new phase 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 ...