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Share: Russia allegedly never violated the Budapest Memorandum, because it did n...

"That's all": Lavrov said that Russia did not violate the Budapest Memorandum

Share: Russia allegedly never violated the Budapest Memorandum, because it did not use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. On the other hand, Kyiv has allegedly violated the commitments taken upon itself, said the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Serhii Lavrov. "It is about the fact that Ukraine, like other former Soviet republics that renounced nuclear weapons, will receive the guarantees that nuclear states provide to non-nuclear states. That's all. That's all.

These guarantees indicate that nuclear weapons will not be used against non-nuclear states that are parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons," Lavrov said. He also emphasized that in parallel with the Budapest Memorandum, the same parties signed a declaration that spelled out their obligations to adhere to the principles of the OSCE, including the rights of national minorities, democracy and freedom of speech.