BRUSSELS, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- European Union (EU) foreign ministers were trying Wednesday at an extraordinary meeting to reach a unanimous response toward Russia on its military reaction to Georgia's offensive in South Ossetia.

　　EU members, particularly those from Eastern Europe, strongly condemned Russia, while countries having close ties with Moscow, such as France and Germany, were reluctant to do so.

　　Lithuanian Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas warned "some consequences" for Russia's actions in Georgia, describing Moscow's response to Georgia's military offensive in breakaway South Ossetia as an act of "aggression."

　　Vaitiekunas supported the call for EU troops as part of an international peacekeeping force in Georgia.

　　Hardliner Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged a reassessment of EU-Russia ties.

　　"The European Union should be able to address its relations with Russia" at its foreign ministers' meeting in September and "through decisions about whether or not and how to proceed with the partnership and cooperation agreement," Miliband said.

　　But responses from other EU nations were quite cautious.

　　"If the EU wants to mediate, it has to remain objective and impartial. We should be careful about what steps we take," said Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou, ruling out the possibility of sanctions against Moscow at this meeting.

　　German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said, "I do not think we should get lost today in long discussions about responsibility or who caused the escalation in the last few days."

　　Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb also warned of any "blame game."

　　Stubb has acted as a mediator in the Georgia-Russia conflict, as Finland is now holding the presidency of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which has been trying to broker peace in the region.

　　French Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Bernard Kouchner, with his country being the current holder of the EU presidency, gave a report to his European counterparts on his visits to Tbilisi, Georgia's capital, and Moscow.

　　He favored sending European "monitors" to Georgia though he declined to say "peacekeepers."

　　"You call it a peace force, I don't call it that," he said to reporters before the meeting held in Brussels started. "But controllers, monitors, European facilitators, I think the Russians would accept that," he added.

　　The EU ministers gathered here to analyze the situation after the breakout of fighting in Georgia, including the humanitarian situation, and consider the actions to take to promote a rapid solution to the problem.

　　Some of the attendees cut short their summer holidays for the meeting.