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The EU-NATO relationship has rightly been characterised as a 'frozen conflict'. With formal cooperation between the two organisations remaining highly restricted in scope, achieving a genuine strategic partnership has been fraught with difficulties. The seriousness of the problem is illustrated by ongoing diplomatic efforts seeking to lift Turkey's veto over the implementation of EU-NATO cooperation agreements ahead of the deployment of European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) police missions alongside NATO military operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo.