„It is very difficult at this stage to advance a calendar, but I hope to solve the crisis in 2023,” Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi stated with regard to Romania’s accession to the Schengen area in an exclusive interview for Agerpres, in Bucharest.

Asked what would be a realistic timetable for a new enlargement of the Schengen area, the Greek minister said that „first of all we must agree on the concrete steps that must be taken so that Austria and the Netherlands give up their veto”. In this sense, he specified, several bilateral meetings will take place in the coming weeks.

„We hope to make an announcement at the informal [Justice and Home Affairs – ed.n.] Council in Stockholm about the steps we have taken so far. It is very difficult at this stage to advance a timetable, but I hope to solve the crisis in 2023,” Mitarachi told Agerpres,

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