FM: Turkish statements 'audacious'

A spokesman for the Greek foreign ministry accused Turkey on Wednesday of audacity, and of fooling the international community, in response to a statement by Ankara earlier in the day regarding last week's collapse of talks at a Swiss resort aimed at reunifying divided Cyprus.

"Turkey continues to fool the international community by making statements that prove that audacity has no limits," said Stratos Efthimiou, referring to earlier comments by his Turkish counterpart Huseyin Muftuoglu that Greece's foreign minister Nikos Kotzias was solely to blame for the collapse of the talks and that he did not engage the "constructive spirit" displayed by Turkey.  

In a written statement, Muftuoglu said that Kotzias's remarks on Monday that Turkey displayed an uncompromising attitude during the talks "are completely unacceptable" and accused him of engaging in a blame game.