Major steps forward on defence of borders says Meloni

(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 3 - Italy has made major steps forward on the migrant issue in stressing the importance of defending the EU's external borers, Premier Giorgia Meloni said after meeting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm Friday.
    "On migration, Italy has drawn attention to the Mediterranean route and the defence of the external borders, the departure documents are important steps forward and we are having talks at 360 degrees to arrive at possible syntheses that can take Italian interests into account", she told reporters.
    Rome is trying to muster support for its drive to share the migrant reception burden ahead of an extraordinary EU summit on migration next week.
    It argues that it is unfair that Italy should be left on its own to bear the brunt of migration across the central Mediterranean.
    (ANSA).