Ukraine’s
Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin says Ukraine is proposing to hold consultations
between the Budapest Memorandum signatory states following Russian FM Sergey
Lavrov’s statement that Moscow never violated it.
"Given the fact that “the
question of obligations” under paragraph 6 of the Budapest Memorandum arises in
connection with the statements of the official representative of the Russian
Federation, we are proposing once again to hold consultations with the
participation of all [signatory] countries of the Budapest Memorandum,"
Klimkin said, according to MFA of Ukraine twitter.
The minister reminded that
Russia had violated paragraph 1 of the Budapest memorandum, which obliges
to respect the independence and sovereignty and the existing borders
of Ukraine.
"Russia has violated and
further violates paragraph 2 of the Memorandum which stipulates that none of
the weapons of the signatory states will be used against Ukraine," Klimkin
said.
He also said that the Russian
Federation has been violating over the recent years paragraph 3 of the Budapest
Memorandum, putting economic pressure on Ukraine.
In this regard, the head of
the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has raised the question: "Someone who is
sure that does they do not violate the Memorandum shouldn’t be concerned about
holding such consultations."
As UNIAN reported earlier,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that Russia had not
violated the Budapest Memorandum, because it never threatened Ukraine with
nuclear weapons.
In particular, answering the
question on how the Russia’s neighbors can ensure their security while the
Russian Federation at any time can break its commitments, Lavrov said:
"Budapest Memorandum includes a single commitment -- not to use
nuclear weapons against Ukraine. No one has, and the threat of use of nuclear
weapons against Ukraine has never been voiced," said Lavrov.
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