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With the decisions made in Bruxelles, Turkey has very clear-cut responsibilities in order to have the agreement enter in force.
Therefore I don't expect any surprises from Turkey for the moment.
They are ambitious because the decisions the EU made obliges them to do a lot of work.
Some of these obligations include re-amnesty and border patrol.
It is no coincidence that pressure at the Turkish-Bulgarian border is small.
We expect the real problem to come from Greece.
As you can see from the past few days, the government, with a lot of help from the Red Cross and private firms,
aid was sent to Greece and Macedonia.
We find that in poor Macedonia, the camps are well-built, with playgrounds and optimal conditions.
And I say poor Macedonia.
Meanwhile in Greece, despite their over 700 million Euros, and obligations from November of last year to prepare the hotspots,
they still cannot account for any work done.
Conditions in their camps are truly horrifying.
This is why we put quite a numerous army force, gendarmerie, the Red Cross and equipment precisely there (at the Greek border)
because a few days ago, the Macedonian president asked me to bring up the issue before the European Council.
Their (Macedonian) services had acquired the new routes and had organized very thoroughly where and how passage was to be carried out.
This information was forwarded to National Security, the Ministry of Interior and the Minister meeting in Bruxelles.
Truly the conditions there are terrible, and refugees have made several attempts to depart, but the Greeks are stopping them for now.
They know that we are also ready to stop them.
Of course, there is information that groups of over 1000-2000 people are organizing as we speak.
These people are somewhat familiar with our capabilities and they know that we wouldn't be able to stop such force..
.. easily.
Therefore, we are ready to even build a light fence, if necessary. It is also why we are preparing the army to react quickly.
Based on my observations, we've decided to allocate a budget of over 5.2 million levs for the Ministry of Interior
mainly for equipment - helmets, special footwear, shields.
As it turns out, the army itself has better equipment than the gendarmerie, especially in terms of shields and helmets.
The army has transparent shields - one can see what's in front of them, whereas the gendarmerie has solid ones, which complicates work.
The money also goes towards new electronic equipment. Whatever they required, we provided yesterday.
I was pleasantly surprised by the commitment, the motivation and desire to act by both the army and the Ministry of Interior.
What's more, we even continued the discussion at the Ministry level with our Macedonian colleagues last week
We were at the border, we have established information exchange hotlines.
And we have placed people in neighboring countries who will monitor and report on potential refugee movement.
For the moment, I can tell you that they work with great synchronicity.
We will equip them additionally. The main threat I see comes from the Greek border (for the moment).
As you know, it is quite long. It is unprotected.
My concern is that for several months now, the Greek government hasn't taken the appropriate measures.
Our expectations that UN and NATO ships in the Agean sea will do the job are also met with unsatisfactory results.
I have quite a lot of information which I will share with you, but what I said sums up the conclusions I've drawn so far.