Greece will remain consistent in border protection policy, the Prime Minister pointed out on Friday Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the French president Emmanuel Macron, with whom he met on the sidelines of the MED9 Summit in Valletta.

The two leaders exchanged views on the possibilities of cooperation in the field of technology for the prediction of extreme weather phenomena. Special emphasis was placed during the meeting on immigration and the importance of guarding the EU’s external borders and cooperation with the countries of origin.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized that cooperation of member states is needed in order to prevent the departures and networks of traffickers to be discouraged from putting desperate people in boats and embark on a dangerous journey.

The two leaders expressed their satisfaction for the defense cooperation of the two countries. The Prime Minister thanked Mr. Macron for France’s assistance in extinguishing destructive fires that hit our country in the summer, and repeated that the EU must do more to deal with natural disasters and adapt to the climate crisisin the spirit of the letter he has already addressed to the MED9 leaders.

During the meeting, issues of bilateral and European interest were discussed ahead of next week’s European Political Community Summit and informal European Council (5 and 6 October) in Granada. They were discussed still the latest developments in Ukraine.