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1st LD Writethru: Migrant deal gets unanimous approval from EU, Turkish leaders: Tusk

Xinhua, March 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

A migrant deal between the European Union and Turkey on Friday gained unanimous approval from all the EU leaders and the Turkish prime minister, tweeted the European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday.

"Now unanimous agreement between all EU HoSG and Turkey's PM on EU-Turkey Statement," Tusk tweeted.

Earlier in the day, the EU leaders adopted a deal with Turkey to tackle migrant crisis and later their meeting was joined by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Endit