Top EU envoy heads to Turkey for Syrian refugee talks
Migrants are taken away by Greek police officers after they crossed the Evros River at the Greek-Turkish border near the village of Marasia, Greece. EU's top reps will spend two days in Turkey for high-level meetings with officials. – EPA pic, March 3, 2020.
EUROPEAN Union’s top diplomat and its crisis management chief set off for Turkey today after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned he could allow millions of refugees to head for Europe. EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Commissioner Janez Lenarcic will spend two days in the country for “high-level” meetings with Turkish officials on the Syrian crisis and the row about refugees and migrants.
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