Greece–Yugoslavia relations
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Greece–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between Greece (Second Hellenic Republic, Kingdom of Greece and contemporary Third Republic) and now split-up Yugoslavia (both Kingdom of Yugoslavia or Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Relations between Greece and independent South Slavic states (primarily Serbia) developed before the creation of Yugoslavia and played a prominent role during the Balkan Wars. The creation of Yugoslavia was agreed to and made possible after the signing of the Corfu Declaration at the Municipal Theatre of Corfu.
Relations between the two states were generally friendly and were only occasionally affected (primarily in the aftermath of World War II) by Yugoslav involvement in the Greek Civil War on EAM's side and concerns around the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, which increased in prominence only after the independence of North Macedonia. Following the 1948 Tito–Stalin split, Greece supported the Yugoslav strategic position via creation of the Balkan Pact. In addition to Greece, Non-Aligned Yugoslavia developed close relations with another predominantly Greek country, the Non-Aligned island nation of Cyprus.