Israel-Iran war LIVE: Iran fires drones toward Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
Europe rallies around Cyprus days after the Iran war’s first drone attack on EU territory
Mr. Macron said he was visiting Cyprus primarily to show solidarity with the country, where a Shahed drone struck a British air base on the southern coast last week. It was the first drone attack of the war on European territory.
“When Cyprus is attacked, it is Europe that is attacked,” Mr. Macron said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis at Cyprus’ main air base near the southwestern town of Paphos. “We are bound to one another by strategic partnerships.”
Mr. Macron had ordered the French frigate Languedoc to waters off Cyprus, a fellow European Union member, to bolster its anti-drone and anti-missile defenses. Last week, France also sent ground-based anti-drone and anti-missile defenses.
-AP
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