Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09KYIV1470
2009-08-28 14:38:00
SECRET
Embassy Kyiv
Cable title:
JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN
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S E C R E T KYIV 001470
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2019
TAGS: KACT PARM UP
SUBJECT: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN
NON-PAPER ON UKRAINE'S POSITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXPIRATION OF THE START TREATY
REF: SECSTATE 87998
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. James D. Pettit, Reason 1.5 (b)
and (d)
S E C R E T KYIV 001470
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2019
TAGS: KACT PARM UP
SUBJECT: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN
NON-PAPER ON UKRAINE'S POSITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXPIRATION OF THE START TREATY
REF: SECSTATE 87998
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. James D. Pettit, Reason 1.5 (b)
and (d)
1. (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Directorate
for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor
Olesander Bondarenko on August 28. Bondarenko welcomed the
opportunity to discuss the response and replied that the U.S.
response was predictable and consistent with previous
assurances of U.S. commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty and
security.
2. (S) Bondarenko went on to ask when the United States
would open bilateral consultations with Ukraine on the
subject of Ukraine's participation in post-START discussions
and/or security guarantees, and the concerns which Ukraine
has raised on several occasions. Bondarenko delicately, but
pointedly, noted that Ukraine will hold its third round of
bilateral consultations with Russia on this subject on
September 3, in Geneva. He said that Russia has been a
willing interlocutor and easy to work with in this regard.
By contrast, he said, there have been no ideas from the
United States.
3. (S) Opining on different approaches to security
guarantees and on the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Bondarenko
went a bit further and said that, although Ukraine
appreciates U.S. bilateral statements, the "lack of partners"
standing with us to restate commitment to the Budapest
Memorandum is disheartening. A multilateral statement or
recommitment would be desirable and beneficial for Ukraine.
He recalled in particular that France and China both signed
the Memorandum, in addition to the U.S., Russia, and the U.K.
Bondarenko mused that a multilateral document need not be
legally binding; a political document could also be helpful.
PETTIT
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/28/2019
TAGS: KACT PARM UP
SUBJECT: JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN
NON-PAPER ON UKRAINE'S POSITION IN CONNECTION WITH THE
EXPIRATION OF THE START TREATY
REF: SECSTATE 87998
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. James D. Pettit, Reason 1.5 (b)
and (d)
1. (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Directorate
for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor
Olesander Bondarenko on August 28. Bondarenko welcomed the
opportunity to discuss the response and replied that the U.S.
response was predictable and consistent with previous
assurances of U.S. commitment to Ukrainian sovereignty and
security.
2. (S) Bondarenko went on to ask when the United States
would open bilateral consultations with Ukraine on the
subject of Ukraine's participation in post-START discussions
and/or security guarantees, and the concerns which Ukraine
has raised on several occasions. Bondarenko delicately, but
pointedly, noted that Ukraine will hold its third round of
bilateral consultations with Russia on this subject on
September 3, in Geneva. He said that Russia has been a
willing interlocutor and easy to work with in this regard.
By contrast, he said, there have been no ideas from the
United States.
3. (S) Opining on different approaches to security
guarantees and on the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, Bondarenko
went a bit further and said that, although Ukraine
appreciates U.S. bilateral statements, the "lack of partners"
standing with us to restate commitment to the Budapest
Memorandum is disheartening. A multilateral statement or
recommitment would be desirable and beneficial for Ukraine.
He recalled in particular that France and China both signed
the Memorandum, in addition to the U.S., Russia, and the U.K.
Bondarenko mused that a multilateral document need not be
legally binding; a political document could also be helpful.
PETTIT