Jean Asselborn

Turkey and Germany are in full consensus on the refugee crisis, Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlio?lu has said, adding Germany's views on the issue were the most similar to Turkey's among European countries.  
"Germany's attitude should be an example to others in Europe," Sinirlio?lu said, speaking at a press conference with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

The European Union will not close its borders to refugees, its term president Luxemburg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn has said in Ankara, while noting that the EU is working on financial aid for Turkey to contain Syrian refugees within the country. 

Thousands of refugees who have found a temporary shelter in Europe might not be able to finally settle down to a European country so as to start over their life. The Council of Interior Ministers of the EU did not reach a decision regarding the relocation of refugees.

Turkey?s ambassador to Luxembourg, Levent ?ahinkaya, returned to his office more than four months after being withdrawn in protest of the Luxembourg parliament?s move to recognize the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as genocide.

By Dimitris Avramopoulos, EU Commissioner

Ladies and Gentlemen,

In today’s (Monday’s) Council we achieved many important results. Our policy on migration is moving ahead.

Before I explain the details, I would like once again to thank Jean Asselborn and the Luxembourgish Presidency for the excellent work and fruitful cooperation.

Luxembourg?s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, said on July 15 that opening the chapter on economic policy in Turkey?s bid for EU membership was a possibility.

Speaking at the foreign affairs committee at the European Parliament in Brussels, Asselborn said, ?It is possible for Chapter 17 on Economic Policy to be opened soon.?

Jean Asselborn, Minister of Immigration and Asylum of Luxembourg, has expressed deep skepticism about the possibility of even a partial accession to Schengen of Bulgaria.

FM: Opening of some chapter expected this year

LUXEMBOURG -- Serbia expects to open some chapter by the end of the year, as part of the efforts to achieve its main objective - EU membership, said Ivica Dacic,

The Serbian foreign minister made the comments while visiting Luxembourg on Wednesday.

Romania's Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu said Wednesday that he would like to see more investors from Luxembourg opening up shop in Romania, mentioning that Luxembourg is currently ranked 9th in the ranking of foreign investors in Romania, with more than 2 billion euros worth of investment.

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Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on Wednesday said all the European Union member states that are 100 per cent fulfilling the technical criteria for joining the border-free Schengen Area should be allowed to do so, provided there is also political will.

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