The need for more focused Council of Europe action to integrate migrants was among subjects discussed by PACE President Lluis Maria de Puig and Greek President Karolos Papoulias during a meeting in Athens this week on the fringe of a meeting of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly. In separate talks with Deputy Foreign Minister Yannis Valinakis, the President also discussed the possible creation of a Euro-Mediterranean Observatory on Migration, as called for by the Assembly in 2006, which Greece has offered to host. Talks with the two interlocutors also covered stability in the Balkans, as well as renewed hopes for a peaceful settlement in Cyprus.
