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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-03-04
CONTENTS
[01] FM Kotzias to meet Turkish counterpart Cavusoglu on bilateral
relations, refugee issue
[02] 320 refugees crossed the Greek-FYROM buffer zone in 24 hours
[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 592 refugees aboard arrives at Piraeus port
[01] FM Kotzias to meet Turkish counterpart Cavusoglu on bilateral
relations, refugee issue
The bilateral relations and the Greek-Turkish cooperation in the
management of refugee/migrant issue ahead of the extraordinary EU summit
to be held in Brussels on Monday and the 4th Supreme Greek-Turkish
Cooperation Council scheduled for the following day dominate a meeting
between Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and his Turkish counterpart
Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is paying an official visit to Athens.
The meeting will focus on the cooperation between the two countries in
the operational NATO plan for patrols in the Aegean and the issue of
refugees-migrants resettlement in Turkey as well as the effective and
responsible implementation of Turkey's agreement with the EU to suspend
refugee/migration flows and illegal trafficking to Greece.
[02] 320 refugees crossed the Greek-FYROM buffer zone in 24 hours
A total of 320 refugees crossed the Greek-FYROM buffer zone over the
last 24 hours.
More than 10,000 refugees have been stranded in the area in rather
difficult conditions after Thursday's rainstorm.
The buffer zone is now closed again.
[03] "Ariadni" ferry with 592 refugees aboard arrives at Piraeus port
"Ariadni" ferry with 592 refugees from Chios and Mytilene aboard docked
at Piraeus port on Friday morning.
"Blue Star 2" carried another 17 refugees from Kos and 40 refugees
from Leros.
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