Prime Minister Viktor Orbán attended a coordination meeting at the Ministry of the Interior in the morning with the Migration Working Group. The meeting came after a group of some 50-70 migrants had attempted to break through Hungary’s border fence with Serbia at the southern border station of Röszke earlier that morning. Hungarian national police issued a short statement at 7:22 a.m. saying that “a larger group of migrants attempted to illegally enter Hungary in Csongrád County, but police stopped them. The few who managed to enter Hungary were detained by police, and one border guard had to fire several warning shots.” Source AboutHungary
OPEC+ headed for a clash with the U.S. as more members rejected President Joe Biden’s call for the group to raise oil production faster and help reduce gasoline prices. On Monday, Kuwait said the cartel should stick with its plan to increase output gradually because oil markets were well-balanced. That followed similar statements from other key members in recent days, including Iraq, Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Source Al Jazeera
“If a state buys (weaponry) from us, it’s no longer a Turkish product. It might be manufactured in Turkey, but it belongs to Ukraine,” Cavusoglu told reporters after meeting his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, on the margins of the G20 summit in Rome. “Turkey cannot be blamed for this,” he said. Source The Defence Post
Bulgaria has sent 350 additional military personnel to its border with Turkey amid rising migration levels. Defense Minister Georgi Panayotov told Bulgarian media that the troops were arriving to “support the border police”. Source EuroNews
