A Hizbollah threat that Cyprus could also be drawn into the Middle East conflict is causing concern and anger in the EU.
Unacceptable, fumes Greece.
It was in a speech last week that Hassan Nazrallah, the supreme leader of the Iranian-backed Shia militia Hizbollah in Lebanon, warned that "resistance" would also be directed against the EU country Cyprus in the event of an Israeli attack on Lebanon.
This is not liked by Cyprus's closest allies in Greece.
It is absolutely unacceptable to issue threats against independent states in the EU. We stand with Cyprus and will all be united against all types of global threats from terrorist organisations, says the Greek Foreign Minister Giorgios Gerapetritis on his way into a meeting with his EU counterparts in Luxembourg on Monday.
The EU's Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell agrees.
Lebanon can count on our support, and so can Cyprus, says Borrell at the press conference after the meeting.
Among other things, the EU countries agreed on further sanctions against Israeli settlers on the West Bank.
Sanctioning extremist settlers who are currently contributing to increasing the level of violence on the West Bank, who plunder and in some cases also murder innocent Palestinians, is something that the Swedish government has also worked towards. Israel must take its responsibility, says Foreign Minister Tobias Billström (The Moderate Party) in Luxembourg.
