Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday laid the blame for the collapse of the Cyprus talks in Crans Montana squarely at Turkey’s door, responding with some plain talk to questions from the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.

"We are a country that has good relations with the Arab world and we are trying to keep the right and fair balances, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said on Saturday in an interview with Alpha radio.

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday urged Turkey to be "sufficiently wise" as to discuss preparations for a new round of talks in Geneva on the Cyprus issue, following his meeting with United Nations special envoy on the Cyprus issue Espen Barth Eide in Athens.