Shipping minister meets visiting Latvia Interior Minister Rihards Koslovskis

Gazzetta team 1 Οκτωβρίου 2015 - 20:12

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Shipping and Island Policy Minister Thodoris Dritsas on Thursday met visiting Latvian Interior Minister Rihards Kozlovskis, who was accompanied by the chief of Latvia's State Border Guard Gen. Normunds Garbars and the Latvian Ambassador in Athens Ivars Pundurs.

The meeting was also attended by the head of the Greek coast guard Rear Admiral Athanasios Athanasopoulos.

They discussed issues of mutual interest, with Dritsas noting that their visit occurred at a crucial time for Greece, when there was an explosive increase in migration flows in the eastern Aegean, and praising Latvia's response in the framework of EU efforts for a collective management of the phenomenon. He noted Latvia's consistent assistance and said it was a model example to be followed by the whole of united Europe.

Kozlovskis noted the European dimensions of the refugee issue and said his country will continue to active support and show solidarity with Greece.

Rear Admiral Athansopoulos, on his part, asked the head of Latvia's State Border Guard to convey his thanks to the crews supplied by Latvia to the islands of Samos and Symi.