30 г. на прага на НАТО търпението на Украйна се изчерпва – haroonabadvital.com
Ukraine criticized the agreement reached 30 years ago, under which it gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees, which were never achieved. Reuters reports.
Her rebuke comes at a time when the country is making a coordinated push for an invitation to join NATO.
Kiev is strongly calling for strong security guarantees to protect the country from renewed Russian aggression, at a time when the return of US President-elect Donald Trump to the White House raises fears of a quick settlement of the war at the expense of concessions.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted Budapest Memorandum of 1994Under which Kiev gave up the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal in exchange for security guarantees, including from Russia, after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
“The Budapest Memorandum today stands as a monument to the short-sightedness of strategic security decision-makingThe department announced on the occasion of the anniversary of the December 5, 1994 agreement.
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She noted that the agreement “should serve as a reminder to the current leaders of the Euro-Atlantic community that… Building a European security architecture at the expense of Ukraine’s interests rather than taking them into account is doomed to failure“.
Ukraine denounced the 2014 memorandum, long before the 2022 invasion, when Russian forces seized and annexed Ukrainian Crimea, then supported paramilitary proxies in the east.
The fighting in eastern Ukraine, which left thousands dead, led to an unstable ceasefire followed by dozens of rounds of negotiations within the framework of the so-called agreement. Minsk agreements.
Even after nearly three years of all-out war, Kiev has rejected the prospect of returning to such talks, which could lead to a temporary ceasefire but leave open the possibility of another Russian incursion.
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“Enough of the Budapest Memorandum. Enough of the Minsk agreements. Twice is enough, we cannot fall into the same trap a third time. “We have no right to do this,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Kiev wants NATO members to extend an invitation to a meeting of NATO foreign ministers starting today, as the war approaches three years and Russia wins on the battlefield.
The State Department statement called on the United States and Britain, which also signed the 1994 Memorandum of Understanding, as well as France and China, which also joined it, to support the provision of security guarantees for Ukraine.
“We are convinced of that The only real guarantee of Ukraine’s security, as well as a deterrent to further Russian aggression against Ukraine and other countries, is Ukraine’s full NATO membership.The department confirms.
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