Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Luxembourg on Monday, 18 April, to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
The FAC agenda includes the initiatives the European Union has taken on the issue of returns, and Mr. Kotzias will present Greece’s positions to his counterparts, and the discussion will also cover the EU’s relations with third states as regards the halting of refugee flows from Turkey and the provision of financial assistance to countries neighbouring on Syria.
Management of the migration/refugee crisis and the positions of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will be the subject of discussion at the working luncheon of the EU member-state Foreign Ministers. with Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in attendance.
The FAC will also look at the Eastern Partnership, in light of the results of the Netherlands referendum on the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the flaring of tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Finally, the Foreign Ministers will have a joint working dinner with the Defence Ministers, during which there will be a discussion of the political situation in Libya and the potential for EU assistance.
On Tuesday, 19 April, Mr. Kotzias will travel to Paris, where he will participate in a working dinner with the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Harlem Désir. On Wednesday, 20 April, he will meet at the Quai d’Orsay with French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.
April 15, 2016