Greece has an embassy in Madrid and 9 honorary consulates in Barcelona, Bilbao, Huelva, La Coruna, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla and Valencia.[1] Spain has an embassy in Athens and an honorary consulate in Thessaloniki.[2] Both countries are members of the European Union, NATO, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the OECD, the Union for the Me
diterranean, and the United Nations. Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Dimitris Droutsas meeting with the Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Spanish embashy in Athens. In ancient times, parts of the Mediterranean coast of Spain were colonized by Greeks (Emporion/Ampurias and Rhodha/Rosas in Catalonia and possibly Zacantha/Sagunto near Valencia). In the late Middle Ages, parts of Greece came under Catalan/Aragonese rule (the Duchy of Athens and the Duchy of Neopatras). The Renaissance painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (better known as El Greco) was of Greek descent, as is Queen Sophia of Spain. Another cultural link between the two countries is the Sephardi Jewish community of Greece, particularly the Jews of Thessaloniki, who traditionally spoke Judaeo-Spanish.
