Monday, December 8, 2014

US rejects criticism of historic Ukraine nuclear deal

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 ... morehttp://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/US_rejects_criticism_of_historic_Ukraine_nuclear_deal_999.html

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