{"id":43012,"date":"2016-02-16T12:11:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?p=43012"},"modified":"2016-02-16T12:11:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T17:11:36","slug":"ga-president-meets-eu-migration-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/02\/16\/ga-president-meets-eu-migration-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"GA President meets EU Migration Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_43016\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Dimitris-Avramopoulos_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43016\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Dimitris-Avramopoulos_4-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"Mogens Lykketoft, President of the 70th session of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly ( Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵGA), was received by  Dimitris Avramopoulos, Member of the EC in charge of Migration and Home Affairs\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Dimitris-Avramopoulos_4-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/02\/Dimitris-Avramopoulos_4-1024x652.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9European Commission<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly President Mr. Mogens Lykketoft today met with Mr. Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs in Berlaymont, the headquarters of the Commission in Brussels, Belgium on the first day of his two day visit to Belgium.<br \/>\nAt the top of the agenda was the current refugee crisis in Europe, migration and upcoming thematic debates at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting with Mr. Avramopoulos, was the first on the agenda of a series of meetings of Mr. Lykketoft, who in the next two days will meet Mr. Juncker, the EU Commission President, Ms. Mogherini, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Schulz, the European Parliament President and several EU Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ General Assembly President Mr. Mogens Lykketoft today met with Mr. Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs in Berlaymont, the headquarters of the Commission in Brussels, Belgium on the first day of his two day visit to Belgium. 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