Jeg vil gøre opmærksom på, at ministrene på Rådet (almindelige anliggender) i mandags var enige om at sende, denne gang ikke i form af en erklæring fra Rådet, men i form af en pressemeddelelse, et nyt budskab, som ministeren og formanden for Rådet (almindelige anliggender), hr. Piqué, viderebragte til medierne for netop at opmuntre parterne på et tidspunkt, hvor der er tegn på afspænding i kraft af, at det indiske luftrum nu er blevet åbnet for pakistanske civile flyvninger, og at det lader til, at der nu er en mindre spændt stemning, hvor alarmberedskabet trækkes tilbage fra de militariserede linjer.
I should like, specifically, to remind you that, at the General Affairs Council held last Monday, the ministers agreed to convey a new message, this time not in the form of a Council declaration, but in the form of a press communiqué, with the President of the General Affairs Council, Mr Piqué, informing the media, in order to encourage both sides at a time when we are already seeing signs of relaxation, such as the fact that India has already opened its air space to civilian Pakistani flights and the fact that currently there seems to be a more relaxed atmosphere, in which the alert has been withdrawn along the militarised lines.