Contents tagged with Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

  • Polish President reminds that signatories of Budapest Memorandum pledged to protect Ukraine

    After Kyiv acceded to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 1994, the United Nations made a clear violation of the Budapest Memorandum, by which Russia, the US and Great Britain guaranteed Ukraine's security and respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Polish President Andrzej Duda in his speech at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

    He believes that in order to be respected, it is very important that the international community abide by its obligations …

  • Lavrov: Russia will not sign a treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    Russia will not sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in its current form because it is "unrealistic”, as stated by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the television and radio company of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The text of the interview was published on the Russian Foreign Ministry’s website.

    "We will not sign it because we believe that the prohibition of nuclear weapons in such a direct manner is unrealistic. Five official nuclear …