Bulgarian PM, EC president discuss migration crisis

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday held a phone conversation on the migration crisis in Europe, according to an official press release.

The phone conversation was part of Tusk's initiative to hold initial consultations with the members of the European Council.

Tusk noted that the migration crisis in Europe and the search for a single European solution would be the major topic of the forthcoming meeting of the state and government leaders of the European Union(EU) member states, which will take place in Bratislava on Sept. 16.

Borisov presented information about the current situation along the Bulgarian border, as well as about the actions the country takes to restrict the entrance of illegal migrants on the territory of the EU.

The Bulgarian Prime Minister repeated his position that EU countries and Turkey should show mutual understanding to problems and make joint efforts to implement agreements made and keep engagements undertaken so far.

The two leaders agreed that the implementation of the migrant agreement from March was the groundwork of the partnership between the EU and Turkey.

Tusk said that during the discussions in Bratislava he would insist on reaching a united position in support for the Bulgarian state, which had been hampering the expansion of the migration crisis being an external border of the EU.

Bulgaria, a Balkan country in southeast Europe, joined the EU in 2007. Enditem