Cyprus and the Non-Aligned Movement

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Image of Makarios III among participants of the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement
Mediterranean (Middle East, North African and European) member states of the Non-Aligned Movement (1983) with Cyprus in dark green.

SFR Yugoslavia in 1961, just one year after the Cypriot independence.[1] Membership in the movement was perceived as one of two major foreign-policy alternatives with the first one being formal membership in NATO at least nominally supported by both Greece and Turkey in the initial period after the London and Zürich Agreements and second one being pro-western participation in Non-Aligned Movement where United Kingdom and United States preferred this option at least until 1963.[1]

Greek Cypriot authorities believed that the Non-Aligned Movement may provide them with additional international support for constitutional changes and in their response to Cypriot intercommunal violence.[1]

The country hosted the 1988 Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference and was one of the members considered to host the 9th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement.[5][6]

One of the requirements of the

Government of Cyprus insisted that the country will nevertheless maintain close ties with the NAM.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hatzivassiliou, Evanthis (2005). "Cyprus at the Crossroads, 1959–63". European History Quarterly. 35 (4): 523–540.
  2. ^ a b Ker-Lindsay, James (2010). "Shifting Alignments The External Orientations of Cyprus since Independence". The Cyprus Review. 22 (2): 67–74.
  3. doi:10.1080/00358530802207252
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  4. ^ a b Kıralp, Şevki (2019). "Defending Cyprus in the Early Postcolonial Era: Makarios, NATO, USSR and the NAM". Journal of Balkan & Near Eastern Studies. 21 (4): 367–386.
  5. ^ "Foreign ministers of the non-aligned group of nations early..." United Press International. 11 September 1988. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ISBN 978-953358239-9
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