EU Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos stressed the need for the direct implementation of the EU Interior Ministers' decision on the relocation of 120,000 refugees mainly from Greece and Italy upon his arrival at the EU Commissioners' Council on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and EU Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos on Tuesday had a meeting at Maximos Mansion, with their statements reflecting a convergence of views on changes over EU migration policy.

Defense minister Avramopoulos and NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg together watched the military exercise Pyrpolitis that took place in the Saronic Gulf.