US rejects criticism of historic Ukraine nuclear deal
Kiev (AFP) Dec 05, 2014 -
A top US official hit back on Friday
against accusations the West has failed to live up to promises made
exactly 20 years ago to Ukraine in exchange for it giving up nuclear
weapons.
The Budapest Memorandum that came into force on December 5, 1994 led to
Ukraine voluntarily giving up the huge stockpile of nuclear warheads it
inherited from the Soviet Union.
In exchange, Britain, the Uni ...
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