A dinner crisis took place between PM Erdogan and French President Chirac, because of misinformation. After meeting Greek PM Karamanlis, Erdogan met Turkish journalists. Because of wrong information he got from journalists, Erdogan said that French President Jacques Chirac had not attended the dinner that began at 19.15.

Erdogan interpreted the non-attendance of Chirac as a shift in the positivestance displayed by Chirac towards Turkey in a televised address a day before.