Cyprus: Low-altitude flights by Turkish F-16s, Greek fighter jets on constant readiness with training flights
Three Turkish F-16s took off in the afternoon from the illegal airport of Tymbou, with the sound of their engines heard across much of eastern Nicosia
Green light from the competent parliamentary committee for the upgrade of F-16s and the “Achilles’ Shield”
PASOK and SYRIZA voted “present”, while the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) and Course of Freedom voted against in the parliamentary committee. The final decisions will be taken by KYSEA (the Government Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense) next week
US: Congressman Gregory Meeks reacts strongly to the deployment of Turkish F-16s in occupied Cyprus
The move "undermines the sovereignty of Cyprus and will only serve to increase tensions in the region", he says and calls on Erdogan "to change course immediately".