European Commission yesterday avoided commenting on the controversial statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Recep Erdogan who said: “there is no country called Cyprus.”
Peter Stano, spokesperson for Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, said: “The Commission does not take a position or comment on statements or their interpretation by the media. The commission avoids dealing with any threats, controversy or any action that can damage good neighbouring relations and peaceful solution to differences.”
In Brussels it was expected that the EU would position itself on the matter and respond strongly to the undermining statements made by a leader of a candidate country, against an EU member state.
Erdogan was in Poland trying to explain his views on why Turkey has not been accepted into the EU.
“There is no country named Cyprus. There is the local administration of south Cyprus,” he said. “Because there is north Cyprus and a Green Line exits between them.”

Cyprus Weekly