UK’s Healey stresses ‘strong friendship’ with Cyprus after Palmas meeting

British Defence Minister John Healey on Thursday stressed that the “friendship” between the United Kingdom and Cyprus is “strong”, following a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Vasilis Palmas.

He said that he and Palmas had “discussed how the UK is further reinforcing our air defences to support our shared security”.

The meeting comes with relations between Cyprus and the UK seemingly having been frayed in recent days, following the firing of an Iranian-made drone which...