Czech and Slovak foreign ministers agree migration problem must be solved at European level

Czech foreign minister Jan Lipavský and Slovak foreign minister Rastislav Káčer said after a meeting in Prague on Monday that a solution to the problem of illegal migration must be found at the level of the European Union, and that checks at the border between their two countries are not the answer. The Czech Republic introduced controls on its border with Slovakia on Thursday due to vastly increased numbers of migrants travelling through the country recently. Mr. Káčer said that European countries which are popular migrant destinations, as well as countries that are on the outer border of the Schengen area, need to be part of the solution.

As well as illegal migration, the pair also discussed mutual relations, the situation in Ukraine, and energy security.