Interior Minister Nikos Nouris had a meeting this morning in Vienna with his Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner. During the meeting, the two ministers reviewed the current situation on migration as the two countries are at the top among European member states in the reception of asylum seekers, and agreed on a number of issues and initiatives.
After the meeting of the two Ministers, Mr. Nouris said the following. Among these we covered the issues raised and left pending by the European Pact on Asylum and Migration.
However, we highlighted the need for significant interventions by the European Commission itself on the issues of cooperation with third countries, returns and voluntary relocation, on which we intend to prepare and submit specific contributions next week.
In addition, an extremely important issue on which we have agreed is that there will be cooperation between the two countries, Cyprus and Austria, on the interoperability of security systems for external borders and entry visas, which will be launched in the coming weeks.
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