START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV):

S E C R E T GENEVA 000744 SIPDIS DEPT FOR T, VCI AND EUR/PRA DOE FOR NNSA/NA-24 CIA FOR WINPAC JCS FOR J5/DDGSA SECDEF FOR OSD(P)/STRATCAP NAVY FOR CNO-N5JA AND DIRSSP AIRFORCE FOR HQ USAF/ASX AND ASXP DTRA FOR OP-OS OP-OSA AND DIRECTOR NSC FOR LOOK DIA FOR LEA E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/05/2019 TAGS: KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START SUBJECT: START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-IV): (U) RUSSIAN-PROPOSED JOINT STATEMENT ON EXPIRATION OF THE START TREATY Classified By: A/S Rose E. Gottemoeller, United States START Negotiator. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). ¶1. (U) This is SFO-GVA-IV-013. ¶2. (U) At Paragraph 3 is the text of the official translation of the Russian-proposed Joint Statement on the expiration of the START Treaty. ¶3. (S) Begin text: Official Translation To be Turned over to the U.S. Side Paper of the Russian Side September 2, 2009 Draft JOINT STATEMENT by the Russian Federation and the United States of America in Connection with the Expiration of the Treaty on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms The Russian Federation and the United States of America take note of the significant contribution of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to successful implementation of the Treaty Between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (the START Treaty). They highly appreciate the fact that these states have completely fulfilled all the obligations assumed in accordance with the Protocol to the START Treaty, signed in Lisbon on May 23, 1992. The historic role of the START Treaty would have been incomplete without the agreed removal of nuclear weapons from the territory of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine and without their accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (the NPT) as non-nuclear-weapon states. This responsible choice enhanced the NPT regime and had a beneficial impact on international security and strategic stability, and also created favorable conditions for further steps to reduce the nuclear threat level. The Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine participated constructively in the work of the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission. The Russian Federation and the United States of America welcome the commitment of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine to maintaining the status of non-nuclear-weapon states. The adoption of this status has enhanced the security of the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Their security must not decrease even when the START Treaty expires. In this connection, the Russian Federation and the United States of America state that the assurances recorded in the Budapest Memoranda of December 5, 1994, when the Republic of Belarus, the Re ublic of Kazakhstan, and Ukraine acceded to the NPT as non-nuclear states, will remain in force after December 5, ¶2009. End text. ¶4. (U) Gottemoeller sends. GRIFFITHS