国际英语资讯:Europe must be able to defend borders: central European states_时事

国际英语资讯:Europe must be able to defend borders: central European states

BUDAPEST, June 21 -- The prime ministers of the Visegrad countries (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Austria said Thursday that Europe should be able to defend its borders.

"The Visegrad countries and Austria agree that Europe should be able to defend its borders and guarantee safety for its citizens," Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told journalists following the meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad countries and the Chancellor of Austria.

Orban added that the relationship between the member states of the European Union should be characterized by "cooperation and not confrontation."

国际英语资讯:Europe must be able to defend borders: central European states1

"According to this, the focus should be put on questions in which there is an agreement, such as the protection of the external borders and the setting up of refugee camps to deal with migrants outside of the territory of the EU, but questions where there is disagreement such as the relocation scheme of the migrants should be dropped," Orban said.

The meeting of theses central European states comes amid high tensions within the European Union's member states that have been profoundly divided over the question of migration and migrants.

SUMMITS

In order to find a solution ahead of the official EU summit next Thursday, the states mainly concerned by migration have prepared an unofficial mini-summit scheduled for this Sunday.

The meeting on Sunday goes against the traditions of the EU, and the appropriate forum for EU leaders has been already convened for next Thursday, that is why the Visegrad countries will not attend the mini-summit on Sunday, Orban said.