Turkey: Turkey announced its apology for participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) maneuvers scheduled to be hosted by Greece next month.
Turkish Anatolia News Agency (AA) quoting security sources as saying that Turkey withdrew from the "Tiger Meet" training, after Greece made additions to the technical regulations for training targeting Turkey and exploiting the differences between the two countries.
The same sources added that the Turkish armed forces demanded that Greece amend the regulation because it contained phrases that violate international law, but it refused the amendment, noting that it informed the Greek authorities of the decision to withdraw from these exercises.
NATO's "Tiger Meet" exercises are organized in one of the allied countries annually. Turkey hosted it in 2005 and 2015, while Greece is scheduled to host it this year from May 9 to 20.
