Erdoğan in Brussels to hold talks over migrants crisis

The Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is visiting Brussels on Monday, amid an ongoing crisis at the Greek-Turkish border, after the country “opened the gates of Europe” to migrants.
EU Council’s President Charles Michel and von der Leyen will meet with Erdoğan to “discuss EU-Turkey maters, including migration, security, stability in the region and the crisis in Syria,” Barend Leyts, Spokesperson for EU Council President tweeted on Sunday.
“It is the beginning of the restart of the dialogue with Turkey,” said Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission’s chief, during the presentation of the first 100 days of EU’s Executive Body, adding that the EU needs to find sustainable solutions, as “migration will not go away”.
Von der Leyen pledged her support both to Turkey and Greece, “acknowledging” the burden  Turkey endures by hosting millions of migrants within its borders. However, she also stressed the need of a “future-proof” plan, so that the situation in the Greek-Turkish border does not repeat itself in the future.
Erdoğan ordered on Friday the Turkish coastguard to prevent migrants from crossing the Aegean over safety concerns, as clashes between migrants and security forces in the Greek-Turkish border have escalated.