Nato meeting fails to approve first defence plans since Cold War, Turkey blamed

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Nato meeting fails to approve first defence plans since Cold War, Turkey blamed A diplomat said Turkey blocked approval of the plans over the wording of geographical locations, including with regard to Cyprus.

Nato defence ministers failed on Friday to reach agreement over new plans on how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack, and one diplomat blamed Turkey for blocking them.

The so-called regional plans comprise thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how the alliance would respond to a Russian attack.

"While regional plans were not formally endorsed today, we anticipate these plans will be part of a series of deliverables for the Vilnius Summit in July,"

a senior United States official told Reuters.