Ukraine officially renounces guarantees that are substitutes for NATO membership - Foreign Ministry
Ukraine will not accept any alternatives, surrogates or substitutes for Ukraine's full membership in NATO.
According to Censor.NET, this is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on the occasion of the upcoming 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry reminded that 5 December marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum on Security Assurances in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also known as the Budapest Memorandum. Russia was one of Ukraine's security guarantors.
"The only real guarantee of security and a deterrent to further Russian aggression is Ukraine's full membership in NATO. ", the statement reads.
At the same time, diplomats point out that Ukraine is rejecting formats other than membership in advance.
"With the bitter experience of the Budapest Memorandum behind us, we will not accept any alternatives, surrogates or substitutes for Ukraine's full membership in NATO," the Foreign Ministry said.
As a reminder, NATO is unlikely to support Ukraine's request for membership in the Alliance during its meeting on Tuesday, 3 December.
