ACCESSION NUMBER:276097
FILE ID:SFF716
DATE:04/04/93
TITLE:SSD INITIATIVES WITH BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, UKRAINE (04/04/93)
TEXT:*93040416.SFF
SSD INITIATIVES WITH BELARUS, KAZAKHSTAN, UKRAINE
(Text: Fact Sheet, Vancouver Summit) (470)
(The White House released the following fact sheet entitled "Safe, Secure
Dismantlement (SSD) Initiatives with Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine" at
the U.S.-Russian Summit in Vancouver April 4.)
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine (along with Russia) have been certified
by the Secretary of State as meeting the eligibility requirements for
assistance under the Nunn-Lugar legislation. We have, to date, notified
the Congress of approximately $40 million in proposed Nunn-Lugar
obligations to the four states.
-- Belarus. We have signed three implementing agreements with Belarus
providing emergency response equipment to enhance capabilities to respond
to the consequences of a nuclear accident, a continuous communications
(CCL) link to allow the transmission of data and notifications under the
INF and START agreements, and assistance and training to help establish an
effective export control system. These agreements total $8.3 million in
assistance.
In the wake of Belarus' ratification of the START and NPT Treaties, we have
recently proposed to Chairman Shushkevich the outlines of an additional
assistance package which could include up to $65 million in Nunn-Lugar
funds for things such as defense conversion and missile site clean-up.
-- Kazakhstan. The Congress has been notified of $14.5 million in proposed
Nunn-Lugar obligations for Kazakhstan. These funds would provide a
government-to-government communications link, emergency response equipment,
assistance and training in establishing an export control system as well as
a system for the material control and accountability and physical
protection of civil nuclear material.
These agreements were discussed with a Kazakhstani delegation in Washington
last month. Our objective is to sign these agreements during a return
visit to Almaty in late April, after they have been reviewed by the
Kazakhstani government. We also hope to discuss Nunn-Lugar assistance in
other areas, including the dismantlement of strategic nuclear delivery
vehicles.
-- Ukraine. We have agreed to provide Ukraine at least $175 million in
Nunn-Lugar assistance, assuming they ratify START and adhere to the NPT.
The Congress has been notified of $27 million in proposed Nunn-Lugar
obligations for Ukraine. Proposed agreements would provide a
government-to-government communications link, emergency response equipment,
assistance and training in establishing an export control regime, and a
1aterial control and accountability and physical protection system for
civil nuclear material. In addition, we are establishing a Science and
Technology Center in Kiev.
Ukraine has not yet signed an umbrella agreement providing the legal
framework under which Nunn-Lugar assistance can be provided. No
implementing agreements can be signed until this Kiev assistance in
strategic nuclear delivery vehicle dismantlement, which would take up the
bulk of the $175 million we have pledged. This agreement would not be
signed until Ukraine has ratified START and the NPT.
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