On 3 October 1975, the Secretariat-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates to the members of the Council the draft reply to Recommendation 269 on the state of European security. The draft reply by the working group includes a series of amendments from the French, German and British delegations. The Council emphasises the solidarity that characterises relations between the countries in the Alliance, as reaffirmed in the Ottawa Declaration, and outlines the various questions affecting European security, particularly the negotiations on Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions in Europe (MBFR), the situation in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus, and arms standardisation.