Greece and Turkey agree to cancel war games

Turkish drilling ship Kanuni is seen docked at the port of Haydarpasa in Istanbul (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Greece and Turkey are going to cancel war games scheduled for next week on each other’s national holidays.

“Both Greece and Turkey have decided to cancel military exercises which were planned for next week,” Mr Stoltenberg told reporters after chairing a virtual meeting of Nato defence ministers, where the two countries made the announcement.