NATO meeting fails to approve first defence plans since Cold War

BRUSSELS: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) defence ministers failed on Friday (Jun 16) to reach agreement over new plans on how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, and one diplomat blamed Turkey for thwarting them. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the ministers had rev

BRUSSELS: North Atlantic Treaty Organization defence ministers failed on Friday to reach agreement over new plans on how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, and one diplomat blamed Turkey for thwarting them.

But one diplomat said that Turkey had blocked the decision over the wording of geographical locations, including with regard to Cyprus. There was still an opportunity to find a solution before the NATO summit in mid-July in Vilnius, the diplomat added.

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