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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Menelaos Hadjicostis

What to know about Cypriot calls for 'frank' talks over future of UK's military bases

Cyprus’ government is upset it was kept in the dark.

When a Iranian-made Shahed drone struck a hangar at a British air base on Cyprus' southern coastline minutes after midnight on March 2, sirens had already been blaring on the base's grounds, warning personnel to take cover.

But the British had not informed the Cypriot government, and now the east Mediterranean island nation wants to re-evaluate the status of Britain's two bases at Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

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