“I convened an emergency meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to discuss Syria and Turkey with the foreign ministers. We will meet on March 6 in Zagreb after the “Anthem” (an informal meeting of the Foreign Ministers. - RT ), ”Borrel wrote on his microblog on Twitter.

Earlier, Borrell called for an end to the escalation of tension in Syrian Idlib.

Also, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that she, as well as the head of the European Parliament, David Sassoli and European Council President Charles Michel, will go on March 3 to the border of Greece and Turkey because of the refugee situation.

On February 29, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara has opened the border with the European Union for Syrian refugees.