The session of the General Affairs Council on Tuesday is the last one under the Greek presidency, Government Vice-President and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said on Tuesday on arrival at the EU General Affairs Council in Luxembourg.

“Our main target mission today is to elaborate and prepare the upcoming European Council of this week”, he noted, according to a ministry statement.

“The next main topic is the debate on the granting of candidate status to Albania” Venizelos said adding that “this is also a very important issue for the Western Balkans and for the stability and the Euroatlantic perspective of the countries of our region,”.

“The third very important topic,” he said “is the adoption on the European Maritime Security Strategy as well as on the so-called macro-region of the Adriatic and Ionian,”.

The Foreign Minister underlined that the main, horizontal priority of the Greek presidency was the so-called Comprehensive Maritime Policy of the European Union. From this point of view, the last and final session of the General Affairs Council is a very official and productive verification of this main topic of our presidency.”

Asked on whether a compromise on Albania has be found, he replied: “I hope so. This is always the target and the institutional mission of the presidency of the Council.”