EU “determined” to protect its external borders, says EU foreign policy chief
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s (EU) high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, said that the EU was determined to protect its external borders during his visit to Greece on Wednesday.
Against the backdrop of increasing tensions between Greece and Turkey, Borrell visited the land border separating the two countries at Kastanies in Evros in northeastern Greece, accompanied by Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Nikos Dendias.
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“I wanted to come here and see for myself and observe the situation on this external border of the EU,” Borrell said. This visit was meant to “show our solidarity and to show how much we share your concerns,” he said.
“It is very clear that we are determined to protect the EU’s external borders and to strongly support Greece’s sovereignty… We have talked about how we can prevent an escalation,” he said.
Athens has been briefing its EU partners on Turkey’s drilling activities in the eastern Mediterranean as well as its maritime claims and over-flights that have led to a significant deterioration of the relationships between Greece and Turkey and how this affects the EU’s relations with Turkey, Borrell said.
Wednesday’s visit allowed him to gain a better understanding of the situation Greece was facing and may be facing in the future, he added.
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said that there is concern that migrants may again be allowed by Turkish authorities to reach the land border crossing, just as it had happened in late February and early March this year.
The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) has deployed forces along the border, and today some 110 officers from 20 member states are still stationed there, Borrell said.
“Today, following a brief respite due to the pandemic, Turkey has once again declared that its land borders to Europe are open,” Dendias said. Turkey “also persists in undermining security and stability, as well as peace, in the eastern Mediterranean,” he added.
Source: Xinhua
E.U. ‘HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND SECURITY POLICY’ Josep Borrell’s statement yesterday to Greek Foreign Affairs Minister Dendias is just another example of E.U. crap.
“It is very clear that we are determined to protect the E.U’s external borders.”
NONSENSE ! FOR MANY YEARS NOW THE E.U. HAS JUST SAT ON ITS COLLECTIVE ‘MIDDLE FINGER’ AND WATCH THE ‘MIGRANT SITUATION’ UNFOLD WITH DISASTROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR EUROPE.
Hungary has been protecting the E.U.’s external border for several years but the EU’s ‘puppet masters’ are DETERMINED to put an end to Hungary’s success in that direction.
“(We) strongly support Greece’s sovereignty …”
MORE RUBBISH. THE E.U. “STRONGLY SUPPORT(S) GREECE’S SOVEREIGNTY” BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT WANTS TO UNDERMINE HUNGARY’S SOVEREIGNTY.
There is an old Hungarian saying : “You can’t ride two horses with one butt.”
The E.U. is good at doing NOTHING apart from splurting out verbal diarrhoea – and as the old saying goes, ‘IF IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP AND SMELLS LIKE CRAP THEN IT IS CRAP.’
another 6 stabbed in London ,3 dead ,stabbed to death by an illegal immigrant criminal, in a park
he was ,sent to prison let out ,could not be expelled from. the uk ,
the police have 4500 of them . like this man ,they have to watch ,in the uk ,
they should never have been allowed in ,now what do we do ,,JUST DIE
Don’t believe it for a moment. The EU, with the exception of a couple countries, buys into the open borders BS.
Large areas of Paris are no go areas for the police. Cars are set on fire every night.
In the Swedish city of Malmo the police cannot go into huge areas of the city.
We all remember the mass sexual assaults against women in Cologne.
In UK there have been countless attacks by migrants against British people, indeed 3 gay men were killed last weekend.
An attack today in Glasgow in a hotel used to house migrants.
Migration does huge damage to the culture, security and safety of a country. Do not trust EU on this matter Hungary!