Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani agreed to expand bilateral cooperation across defense, energy, trade and investment, as regional tensions dominated their talks in Athens.

According to Reuters, Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Syria in June 2022 after the Assad regime recognized the "independence" of the Russian-occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk.