Greece's foreign policy is conducted through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and its head, the Minister for Foreign Aff (country, Greek)

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Greece's foreign policy is conducted through the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and its head, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The current minister is Evangelos Venizelos of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement(PA.SO.K.) party. According to the official website, the main aims of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are to represent Greece before other states and international organizations;[91] safeguarding the interests of the Greek state and of its citizens abroad;the promotion of Greek culture;the fostering of closer relations with the Greek diaspora; and the promotion of international cooperation.[91] Additionally, Greece has developed a regional policy to help promote peace and stability in the Balkans, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.
The Ministry identifies three issues as of particular importance to the Greek state: Turkish challenges to Greek sovereignty rights in the Aegean Sea and corresponding airspace;[93] the legitimacy of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus on the island of Cyprus;[93] and the Macedonia naming dispute with the small Balkan country which shares a name with Greece's largest and second-most-populous region, also called Macedonia.
Greece is a member of numerous international organizations, including the Council of Europe, the European Union, the Union for the Mediterranean and the United Nations, of which it is a founding member.