The Greek government declined an invitation to participate in a second meeting of police chiefs from four Balkan countries — Fyrom, Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia — along with Austria, which was held on Tuesday in Belgrade on the pressing issue of border controls.
The first such meeting was held in Zagreb on Feb. 18.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias had condemned the initiative as unilateral and outside EU norms, clarifying that decisions from the meeting violated the agreement at the recent European Summit on the border and refugee issue.
Athens turned down the invitation, which also precluded the possibility of making the previous Zagreb meeting “legal”.
Source: ANA/MPA
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