Tsipras to meet Merkel, Hollande-Athens satisfied by EU Summit results




Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande.

The three officials are expected to discuss the agenda of the EU summit, the refugee issue and matters related to the Greek economy.

Meanwhile, Greek diplomatic sources expressed their content over the final conclusions of the EU summit as agreed early on Friday in Brussels. Greece has managed to meet the four main goals it had set, they explained.

The same sources noted they are particularly pleased with the statement that ensures the integrity of the Schengen Treaty, giving an end to scenarios over Greece’s expulsion.

They also stressed the need to avoid unilateral and uncoordinated actions, accelerate the relocation of refugees and implement the resettlement mechanism for refugees directly from Turkey.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras noted that from the 66,000 refugees to be relocated from Greece, less than 250 refugees have done so. He also stressed that there is no data on how many refugees have been relocated to the Western Balkans(Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia).

On its part, Germany proposed an emergency EU summit on March 6, with the participation of Turkey, and has pledged that the current status on the borders’ control will not change in the meantime.

ANA-MPA, Brussels

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