Treaty of Alliance (1960) Treaty of Alliance (1960) The 1960 Treaty of Alliance was an international agreement regarding the control and administration of the island of Cyprus. It was signed by the governments of Greece, Turkey and Cyprus in Nicosia in August, 1960. Cyprus attained independence from the United Kingdom on 16 August 1960 through the Zürich and London Agreement. The Treaty of Alliance was a simultaneous attempt to defuse the dangerous Cyprus dispute which existed between Greece and Turkey. A major element of the treaty was its specification of the exact number of Greek and Turkish troops which could remain in the new
Mediterranean Agreements (1887) support to Russia's expansion efforts. Thus the Mediterranean Agreement, while not a "de jure" contradiction of the Reinsurance Treaty was at least contrary to its spirit. Mediterranean Agreements (1887) The Mediterranean Agreements (German "Mittelmeerentente"; French "Entente de la Méditerranée") were a series of treaties signed in 1887 by the United Kingdom with Italy on 12 February (through the mediation of Germany), with Austria-Hungary on March 24 and with Spain on May 4. Further notes were exchanged between Britain, Italy and Austria-Hungary on 12 December. On the face of it the treaties recognised the "status quo" in the Mediterranean Sea. In