Cyprus–NATO relations
Cyprus is one of four European Union (EU) member states which is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), along with Austria, Ireland and Malta, and the only EU member not to participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. == History == === 1949–1960: Period within NATO as a British crown colony === When NATO was founded in 1949, Cyprus was a crown colony of the United Kingdom and as such the UK's NATO membership also applied to British Cyprus.