Venizelos attends the UN Security Council meeting on foreign terrorist fighters in NY

US President Barack Obama chaired the meeting, as his country holds the Council's rotating presidency for September. At the end of the debate, the Council unanimously approved a Resolution, under which country-members must "prevent and suppress" the recruiting and the entry or transit of extremist fighters.
As for Venizelos, he held contacts and participated in multiparty discussions in the framework of the 69th UN General Assembly.

The Greek Foreign minister had a "meaningful", as he said, discussion with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov during a dinner hosted by the UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. The two officials touched upon the "major problems" on a regional and international level and referred to the exports of Greek agricultural products.

Venizelos also met with the Secretary of State (prime minister and Foreign minister) of the Vatican Cardinal Parolin at a reception hosted by Obama.
The Cardinal expressed his content over Greece's new law that recognizes a "legal personality" in religious entities. He also referred to Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the Ecumenical Patriarchate.

Within the framework of his participation in the Ministerial Week of the 69th UN General Assembly, in New York, Venizelos will host a working breakfast for the Foreign Ministers of the member states of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), of which Greece holds the rotating chairmanship for this semester.

Venizelos will then meet with the UN Secretary General's new Adviser on the Cyprus Issue, Espen Barth Eide, and will attend a working luncheon being hosted by the Albania Chairmanship of the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP).

He is also scheduled to meet with the President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra, and with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.