In addition, the 27 EU leaders reconfirmed that "there will be no Withdrawal Agreement without a solid, operational and legally binding Irish backstop".
"We continue to fully support (EU chief negotiator) Michel Barnier in his efforts to find such a model," the president said.
The negotiation of Brexit could be tough in October as EU and Britain are both defending their positions.
"It must be clear that there are some issues where we are not ready to compromise. Firstly, of the four fundamental freedoms, the single market, this is why we remain skeptical of Chequers," Tusk said.
"The Irish question remains our priority too and for this, we need not only goodwill, which we feel, the atmosphere was better than two or three weeks ago, but the Irish question needs something more than good intentions," he noted.
If an agreement is to be finalized by March 29, May and other EU members states leaders need to find an acceptable compromise for a solution in coming weeks so parliaments have enough time to ratify the agreement.
However, the gaps between Britain and EU is not easy to be bridged while time is running short.
"We need to compromise on both sides," Tusk noted. The decisive phase would be the Oct. 18-19 summit in Brussels, where Tusk wants a substantial breakthrough.
There is actually the risk of failing to get the deal ratified by parliaments before Brexit Day.
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