Catherine Vautrin

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Turkey scrambles F-16s as Greek, French and Dutch defence ministers fly to Cyprus for EU summit
Two Turkish F-16s shadowed aircraft carrying the Greek, French and Dutch defence ministers to an informal EU defence summit in Nicosia on Sunday evening, while radio interference was reported from the breakaway north.

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Turkey scrambles F-16s as Greek, French and Dutch defence ministers fly to Cyprus for EU summit