Interior Minister Nikos Nouris is travelling to Prague today for the first Council of EU Home Affairs Ministers under the Czech Presidency.
The work of the Council, which will take place on 11 and 12 July, will focus, among other things, on the evaluation of the Ukraine issue, as well as on the continuation of negotiations between the Member States for the conclusion of the new Pact on Asylum and Migration, with particular emphasis on its external dimension and on returns, a pillar to which Cyprus attaches particular importance.
In the framework of the Council, the Interior Minister will have bilateral contacts with the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, Mrs Ilva Johansson, as well as with his counterparts from Germany, Switzerland and Sweden, with whom he will discuss issues of mutual cooperation in the field of migration and returns.
The Interior Minister, who will be accompanied by the Director of his Office, will return to Cyprus on Tuesday afternoon.
(EFYs)
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