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On 6 February 1995 the EU Council of Ministers reaffirmed the suitability of “Cyprus” for accession to the EU. TCs protested, stressing that the GC application was neither legally nor politically legitimate. Greek strategy was aimed at using EU membership to exert pressure on the Turkish side to come to their terms. Moreover, on 6 January 1997 GCs announced the purchase of S-300 missiles. This was a violation of the Treaties of Guarantee and of Alliance and obliged Türkiye to warn that it would act if the missiles were deployed. Concerned with possible conflict between two NATO allies, US Special Representative Holbrooke, champion of the Dayton Peace Accords, was rushed to Cyprus to convince TCs to participate in the EU membership process to defuse the conflict. Denktaş explained to Holbrooke that this would amount to the legitimisation of the usurpation of the bi-communal Republic, adding that the right course would be a joint application following an equality-based settlement. When nothing came out of the Holbrooke meeting as well TCs declared on 31 August 1998 that the growing challenges left them no option but to seek a confederal settlement to protect their equal inherent rights. On 29 December 1998 GCs gave up their S-300 plan and agreed to deploy them in Crete.

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Dark Shadow of the EU Membership Application and the S-300 Missile Crises: January 1995 to June 1999

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  • Mustafa Ergün Olgun

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On 6 February 1995 the EU Council of Ministers reaffirmed the suitability of “Cyprus” for accession to the EU. TCs protested, stressing that the GC application was neither legally nor politically legitimate. Greek strategy was aimed at using EU membership to exert pressure on the Turkish side to come to their terms. Moreover, on 6 January 1997 GCs announced the purchase of S-300 missiles. This was a violation of the Treaties of Guarantee and of Alliance and obliged Türkiye to warn that it would act if the missiles were deployed. Concerned with possible conflict between two NATO allies, US Special Representative Holbrooke, champion of the Dayton Peace Accords, was rushed to Cyprus to convince TCs to participate in the EU membership process to defuse the conflict. Denktaş explained to Holbrooke that this would amount to the legitimisation of the usurpation of the bi-communal Republic, adding that the right course would be a joint application following an equality-based settlement. When nothing came out of the Holbrooke meeting as well TCs declared on 31 August 1998 that the growing challenges left them no option but to seek a confederal settlement to protect their equal inherent rights. On 29 December 1998 GCs gave up their S-300 plan and agreed to deploy them in Crete.