Greek President Pavlopoulos calls for an EU summit on migration

First entry: 12 August 2015 - 18:02 Athens, 15:02 GMT

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Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos called for an extraordinary EU summit for the migration during his meeting with leader of Potami  Stavros Theodorakis.
"It is strange that Europe and the UN have not yet taken decisions on the condition in the Middle East and particularly in Syria" said Pavlopoulos noting that as long as the war continues the phenomenon will intensify.
"Foreign policy from Europe and from the international community and particularly from the UN is needed" he said.
According to Pavlopoulos there must be an EU Summit that will decide what Europe’s obligations are, adding that Greece can't handle the issue alone: "It is a European and international issue", he said.
On his part, Theodorakis said that migration is a major national issue noting that "even if we did everything right, we would not be able to face this huge migration and refugee flows".
Source: ANA-MPA