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Austria ready to help Bulgaria boost security along its borders

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Austria is ready to help Bulgaria boost security along its borders, Director General for Public Security with the Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria Konrad Kogler told Secretary General of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior Georgi Kostov at a meeting in Vienna. Austria is even prepared to send officers to the Bulgarian borders. Georgi Kostov and his counterpart Konrad Kogler agreed that the EU member states should adopt a common approach, in order to deal successfully with the refugee crisis. The measures include strict control over the EU external borders. The EU states should also find a way to deal with the reasons behind the illegal migration after the closure of the so-called western Balkan route, Georgi Kostov and Konrad Kogler further agreed.




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