EU, Turkey Salvage Immigration Accord as Border Disputes Persist
- EU reaffirms commitment to refugee deal with Turkey: Tusk
- EU-Turkey summit achieves no ‘solutions nor compromises:’ Tusk
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The European Union and Turkey reaffirmed at a summit in Bulgaria their commitment to a refugee accord intended to prevent an influx of Mideast asylum seekers, but achieved no progress in resolving Ankara’s disputes with Greece and Cyprus.
European Council President Donald Tusk, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Black Sea city of Varna on Monday in an effort to mend strained relations, which went no further than both sides agreeing to keep the channels of communication open and to continue cooperating in areas of common interest including security and immigration.