During the proceedings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council held today in Luxembourg, under the item "Current Affairs", the Greek Foreign Minister, Mr. Nikos Dendias briefed his counterparts on the ongoing provocative behaviour of Turkey, referring, inter alia, to the ongoing violations of Greek airspace, the military exercises on the Turkish coast, the claims to Greek islands, the instrumentalisation of migrants and, in general, the inflammatory statements by Turkish officials.
Taking the floor, Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides expressed his full support to Greece and underlined our great concern about what is happening in the Aegean Sea because, as he pointed out, this is also being transferred to Cyprus with the illegal visit of the Turkish Foreign Minister to the occupied territories, the illegal actions in the enclosed area of Varosha and in general the toxic environment maintained by the Turkish Cypriot leadership. This expression of our concern, he stressed, lies in the fact that Cyprus is the most vulnerable point in terms of all of Turkey's threats.
Support for Greece and Cyprus was expressed by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, as well as a significant number of Member States.
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