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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-05-18
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[01] PM Tsipras to meet Turkish President Erdogan on May 23 in Istanbul
[02] FM Kotzias to participate in NATO Foreign Ministers' spring meeting
[01] PM Tsipras to meet Turkish President Erdogan on May 23 in Istanbul
The meeting of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place on May 23 in Istanbul, according
to sources.
The meeting will be held on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian UN
Summit and will focus on the refugee crisis, the implementation of the
EU-Turkey agreement and the bilateral relations.
According to the same sources, Tsipras will also meet with Cyprus
President Nicos Anastasiades on May 25. The Cyprus issue, regional
developments and the refugee crisis will dominate the meeting.
[02] FM Kotzias to participate in NATO Foreign Ministers' spring meeting
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will visit Brussels on Thursday and
Friday to participate in the spring meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers
ahead of the EU summit on July 8-9 in Warsaw.
Among the issues to be discussed are the contribution of NATO to
the refugee/migrant crisis, the problems Turkey is facing and the
NATO-EU-Russia relations.
More specifically, the agenda includes the issue of projecting stability
beyond the borders of the Alliance, including the South. The ministers
will evaluate defense capabilities building programs already underway in
Iraq and Jordan, as well as providing support in Tunisia. A key issue will
also be the contribution of NATO in dealing with the refugee/migration
crisis, its future and the ways you can make this contribution more
effective, despite the problems raised by Turkey and which hinder the
smooth implementation.
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