Minister of Defense of Bulgaria Krasimir Karakachanov has declared that the country is ready to deploy up to 1,000 servicemen and military equipment on the border with neighboring Turkey in order to prevent the illegal inflow of migrants, reports Reuters.

According to him, border police officers on Friday morning didn’t let two 30-member groups of Turks enter Bulgaria after Ankara declared that it won’t bother refugees from reaching Europe.

Bulgaria has declared that it won’t allow the massive inflow of migrants when it is taking preventive actions on its borders in order to avoid the spread of coronavirus in the country.