Trilateral Statement
by the Presidents of the United States, Russia and Ukraine
Presidents Clinton,
Yeltsin and Kravchuk met in Moscow on January 14.
The three Presidents reiterated that
they will deal with one another as full and equal partners and that relations
among their countries must be conducted on the basis of respect for the
independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of each nation.
The three Presidents
agreed on the importance of developing mutually beneficial, comprehensive and cooperative
economic relations. In this connection, they welcomed the intention of the United States to provide
assistance to Ukraine and Russia to support the creation of effective market
economies.
The three Presidents
reviewed the progress that has been made in reducing nuclear forces. Deactivation of
strategic forces is already well underway in the
United States, Russia and Ukraine. The Presidents welcomed the ongoing
deactivation of RS-18s (SS-19s) and RS-22s (SS-24s) on
Ukrainian territory by having their warheads removed.
The Presidents look
forward to the entry into force of the START I Treaty, including the Lisbon
Protocol and associated documents, and President Kravchuk reiterated his
commitment that Ukraine accede to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty as a
non-nuclear-weapon state in the shortest possible time. Presidents Clinton and Yeltsin noted that
entry into force of START I will allow them to seek early ratification of START
II. The Presidents discussed, in this
regard, steps their countries would take to resolve certain nuclear weapons
questions.
The Presidents
emphasized the importance of ensuring the safety
and security of nuclear weapons pending their dismantlement.
The Presidents
recognize the importance of compensation to Ukraine,
Kazakhstan and Belarus for the value of the highly-enriched uranium in nuclear warheads
located on their territories. Arrangements
have been worked out to provide fair and timely compensation to Ukraine,
Kazakhstan and Belarus as the nuclear warheads on their territory are transferred to Russia for dismantling.
Presidents Clinton and
Yeltsin expressed satisfaction with the completion of the highly-enriched uranium
contract, which was signed by appropriate authorities of the United States and
Russia. By converting weapons-grade
uranium into uranium which can only be used for peaceful purposes, the
highly-enriched uranium agreement is a major step forward in fulfilling the
countries’ mutual nonproliferation objectives.
The three Presidents
decided on simultaneous actions on transfer of nuclear warheads from Ukraine and
delivery of compensation to Ukraine in the form of fuel assemblies for nuclear
power stations.
Presidents Clinton and
Yeltsin informed President Kravchuk that the United States and Russia are prepared
to provide security assurances to Ukraine.
In particular, once
the START I Treaty enters into force and Ukraine becomes a non-nuclear-weapon state
party to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), the
United States and Russia will:
• Reaffirm their
commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act, to respect the independence
and sovereignty and the existing borders of the CSCE member states and recognize that border changes can be made only by
peaceful and consensual means; and reaffirm their
obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial
integrity or political independence of any state, and that none of their weapons will ever be used except in self-defense
or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations;
• Reaffirm their
commitment to Ukraine, in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act,
to refrain from economic coercion designed to
subordinate to their own interest the exercise by another CSCE participating state
of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any
kind;
• Reaffirm their
commitment to seek immediate UN Security Council action to provide assistance to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon state
party to the NPT, if Ukraine should become a victim
of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear
weapons are used; and
• Reaffirm, in the
case of Ukraine, their commitment not to use nuclear weapons against any
non-nuclear-weapon state party to the NPT, except in the case of an attack on
themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or
their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon
state.
Presidents Clinton and
Yeltsin informed President Kravchuk that
consultations have been held with the United Kingdom, the third
depositary state of the NPT, and the United Kingdom
is prepared to offer the same security assurances to Ukraine once it
becomes a non-nuclear-weapon state party to the NPT.
President Clinton
reaffirmed the United States commitment to provide technical
and financial assistance for the safe and secure dismantling of nuclear
forces and storage of fissile materials.
The United States has agreed under the Nunn-Lugar program to provide Russia,
Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus with nearly USD 800 million in such assistance,
including a minimum of USD 175 million to Ukraine. The United States Congress has authorized
additional Nunn-Lugar funds for this program, and the United States will work
intensively with Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus to expand assistance
for this important purpose. The United
States will also work to promote rapid implementation of the assistance agreements
that are already in place.
For the United States
of America: William J. Clinton
For Ukraine: Leonid
Kravchuk
For the Russian
Federation: Boris Yeltsin
Annex to the Janua ry 14 Trilateral Statement by the Presidents
of the United States, Russia And Ukraine
The three Presidents
decided that, to begin the process of compensation for Ukraine, Russia will
provide to Ukraine within ten months fuel assemblies for nuclear power stations containing 100 tons of low-enriched uranium. By the same date, at
least 200 nuclear warheads from RS-18 (SS-19) and RS-22 (SS-24)
missiles will be transferred from Ukraine to Russia
for dismantling. Ukrainian
representatives will monitor the dismantling of these warheads. The United States will provide USD 60 million as an advance payment to Russia, to be
deducted from payments due to Russia under the highly-enriched uranium contract. These funds would be available to help cover
expenses for the transportation and dismantling of strategic warheads and the
production of fuel assemblies.
All
nuclear warheads will be transferred from the territory of Ukraine to Russia for the
purpose of their subsequent dismantling in the shortest possible time.
Russia will provide compensation
in the form of supplies of fuel assemblies to Ukraine for the needs of its nuclear
power industry within the same time period.
Ukraine will ensure
the elimination of all nuclear weapons, including strategic offensive arms,
located on its territory in accordance with the relevant agreements and during
the seven-year period as provided by the START I Treaty and within the context
of the Verkhovna Rada Statement on the non-nuclear status of Ukraine. All SS-24s on the territory of Ukraine will
be deactivated within ten months by having their warheads removed.
Pursuant to agreements reached between Russia and Ukraine in 1993,
Russia will provide for the servicing and ensure the safety of nuclear warheads
and Ukraine will cooperate in providing conditions for Russia to carry out
these operations.
Russia and the United
States will promote the elaboration and adoption by the IAEA of an agreement placing
all nuclear activities of Ukraine under IAEA safeguards,
which will allow the unimpeded export of fuel
assemblies from Russia to Ukraine for Ukraine’s nuclear power industry.
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