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Boyko Borissov welcomed the idea and upheld it at the emergency summit in September, but it was categorically discarded. President Donald Tusk (Poland, EPP) said back then that the Turkish proposal for security zones “is not what we need”, for it would mean the creation of an 8-kilometre security zone, which includes military control with the participation of Europe and USA, a no-flight zone, presence on site. “It's a very ambitious project, but for us today the most important thing is to cooperate with our partners, not only Turkey, for a possible new way for the refugees”, were his words after the September 23rd summit. The commitment that by the end of the Dutch presidency visa liberalisation will begin for Turkey, provided it fulfils all 72 requirements, was also reconfirmed.
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