Press point by Commissioner Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS with the Minister of Interior of North Macedonia Oliver SPASOVSKI following the signature of an agreement as part of the Joint Action Plan on Counter-Terrorism for the Western Balkans, Brussels - Main contents
| date | October 9, 2019 15:06 |
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| city | Brussels, Belgium |
| location | Berlaymont building (BERL) i  |
| station | EbS |
| attending | D. (Dimitris) Avramopoulos i et al. |
| organisation | European Commission (EC) i |
Program:
15:06:03 Signature of an agreement as part of the Joint Action Plan on Counter-Terrorism for the Western Balkans between the EU and North Macedonia
15:07:44 Press point opening remarks by Dimitris AVRAMOPOULOS, Member of the EC in charge of Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship
15:11:46 Press point opening remarks by Oliver SPASOVSKI, Minister of Interior of North Macedonia
15:16:39 Q&A
15:25:13 Recorded cutaways
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