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Gavin Blackburn

Austria refuses US requests to overfly its territory, citing its neutrality policy

Austria has rejected US requests for military overflights of its territory since the start of the Iran war in line with its policy of neutrality, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday.

"There have indeed been requests and they were refused from the outset," Colonel Michael Bauer said, adding that every time a similar request "involves a country at war, it is refused."

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