Avramopoulos in Slovenia over Schengen reform

Ljubljana, 10 October - European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos visited Slovenia on Tuesday to discuss details of the planned Schengen rules reform with Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar. He lauded Slovenia's role in securing the external Schengen border and its cooperation with Croatia, expressing the hope that borders would no longer be reasons for disputes.

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (right) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (left) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (pictured) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar (pictured) and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (pictured) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (pictured) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (pictured) hold a joint press conference. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos (pictured) hold a joint press conference.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Outgoing Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA File photo

Ljubljana
Outgoing Interior Minister Vesna Györkös Žnidar.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA
File photo

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