Concluding his visit at Skopje today (20.2.2014) and after meeting with FYROM’s political leaders, during his tour of Western Balkan capitals, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos, addressed a press conference and took questions from the media.

In his capacity as the current President of the Council of the EU, Minister Venizelos stated, inter alia, the following:

Visiting Sarajevo today (19.02.2014), on the third leg of his tour of Western Balkan capitals, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos met with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Zlatko Lagumdžija.

Following the visit to Serbia, on the first day of his tour of Western Balkan capitals, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos visited Montenegro and met with his counterpart, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the country, Igor Lukšić.

Raising awareness against violent extremism and migration was the central discussion issue of the Meeting of Chairpersons of Committees on Justice and Home Affairs of the EU Parliaments Session II, which took place in the Hellenic Parliament, on February 17, 2014.