Greece to Discuss Migration Crisis with Neighbours at Two April Meetings

World » SOUTHEAST EUROPE | April 8, 2016, Friday // 21:45
Bulgaria: Greece to Discuss Migration Crisis with Neighbours at Two April Meetings Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias (R) welcomes his Bulgarian counterpart Daniel Mitov (L) during their official meeting in Athens, Greece, on 21 October 2015. Photo EPA/BGNES

Greece will hold two meetings on migration with several of its neighbours in the next two weeks, the country’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has said.

The meetings, planned for April 14 and April 21-22, will take place in Thessaloniki, Greek news agency ANA-MPA quoted Kotzias as saying at a press briefing on Friday.

The  April 14 meeting will bring together police officials from Albania,Greece and Italy.

The foreign and interior ministers of Albania, Bulgaria, Greece and Macedonia will meet on April 21-22.

At the meeting of foreign ministers, Greece will propose to hold a wider meeting with other countries in the region such as Croatia, Serbia and Slovakia as well as Austria to discuss trans-border cooperation and security and the refugee issue, Kotzias has said, according to ANA-MPA.

The wider meeding could take place in May or early June.

 

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