The foreign ministers of Greece, Cyprus and Austria intervened concerning  a public statement by the EU foreign policy chief Borrell anticipating the EU's attitude towards Turkey. The Borrell report on Euro-Turkish relations was discussed at today's meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council.

There is almost no Member State that does not publicly express its verbal solidarity with the Republic of Cyprus and Greece, but "behind closed doors" the picture changes, and in a disappointing way for the two Member States that are suffering from Turkish aggressive/expansionist pressures. This is shown by the minutes of the EU Foreign Ministers' meeting on 14 August.

By Stavros Lygeros