The Austrian government plans to invite Greece to the second conference on the Western Balkans and the refugee crisis at the level of Foreign and Interior Ministers, which will take place in Vienna, according to the Independent Balkans News Agency.
The Independent Balkans News Agency reports that on Thursday, the Austrian Interior Minister, Wolfgang Sobotka said that the Conference should ensure that “the Balkan Route remains closed.”
Prior to the conference in Vienna, a meeting of the leaders of the border guards is scheduled on June 21, in which both the countries of the Western and Eastern Balkans, as well as Austria, Greece and Germany, have been invited. On June 30, the meeting in Vienna will take place between the Heads Police of these countries, according to the Independent Balkans News Agency.
During the same conference of last February — which, due to its extra-institutional character had caused strong protests not only in Athens but also in Brussels and Berlin — the closure of the Balkan Route had been decided, which led to thousands of refugees being trapped in Greece, especially on the border with FYROM.
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