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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-03
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[01] PM Tsipras meet EC President Tusk over the refugees issue
[01] PM Tsipras meet EC President Tusk over the refugees issue
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras will have a meeting with the President of
the European Council Donald Tusk over the refugees issue on Thursday at
the Maximos Mansion in Athens. The meeting is taking place within the
framework of the discussions the President Tusk has with the governments
of the so-called "Balkan Corridor" countries, till March 3.
In Athens, Tusk will examine the problem regarding the refugees' flows
with Tsipras and soon afterward will visit Ankara to hold a meeting with
the Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglou and on Friday will discuss
the matter with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
These discussions are held in view of the meeting of the heads of the EU
states in Brussels, on March 7, to which is invited to participate also
Turkey. The European leaders insist on the full implementation from the
part of Ankara of the plan of action Eu-Turkey. According to the plan
Turkey is obliged to hinder the arrivals of refugees and migrants to
Europe in exchange of an urgent economic aid.
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