Cyprus’ New Plan to Join NATO Explained

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Last week, Cyprus announced that it wants to mend relations with Turkey durings its upcoming EU Council presidency and try and seek a NATO membership. In this video, we’re taking a look at this new plan and whether Cyprus could get into NATO.

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History of Cyprus-NATO relations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyprus%E2%80%93NATO_relations
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17219505

EU vs neutrality
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-end-of-neutrality-europe-ireland-austria-finland-sweden-cyprus-malta-denmark-switzerland/ https://ecfr.eu/publication/ambiguous-alliance-neutrality-opt-outs-and-european-defence/

Turkey NATO veto stuff
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/27/us-approves-23bn-sale-of-f-16-war-planes-to-turkey
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/turkish-parliament-meets-vote-sweden-membership-nato

Cyprus recent pivot
https://cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/08/christodoulides-i-would-apply-to-nato-if-i-knew-theyd-say-yes
https://www.politico.eu/article/cyprus-pitches-plan-to-untangle-turkey-tensions/

Lavrov comments
https://x.com/ArjaPaananen/status/1999777360414134596

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