Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said in my response, the way this issue will be resolved is through dialogue. The EU of course has tools available to it which it can use to build pressure, including targeted sanctions, economic sanctions and so on. For now it is the view of the EU that introducing sanctions would make it more difficult to make progress with the recent commitment to dialogue between Turkey and Greece. We want to give that process some time and space to produce results that are in the interest of Greece and Turkey and that of the EU as a whole.

With regard to Cyprus, we would like to see Turkey de-escalating the tension that is undoubtedly there now. The relationship between Turkey and Cyprus is complicated and difficult and so it is not the same as a dialogue between Greece and Turkey. The European Union is looking for ways to try to resolve this issue but certainly if Turkey were to remove its ships from Cypriot waters it would assist significantly in de-escalating and creating space for dialogue.

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