Lavrov: the Budapest Memorandum does not oblige to recognize the coup d'etat in Ukraine
In the Budapest Memorandum did not contain the obligation to recognize a coup in Ukraine, said the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov..
The Minister recalled that " the Budapest Memorandum was signed in the context of the removal of nuclear weapons from the former Soviet republics and security guarantees in this regard." There is no obligation to recognize the coup in Ukraine ", - noticed Lavrov, quoted by TASS. Recall, Ukraine on February 22, there was a change of government, with signs of a coup. The Verkhovna Rada dismissed President Viktor Yanukovych from power. The Budapest Memorandum was signed on 5 December 1994, the leaders of Ukraine, USA, Russia and great Britain, on the confirmation of execution on Ukraine of the provisions of the final act of the CSCE, the UN Charter and the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as non-nuclear-weapon States party to the Treaty. VIDEO
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