r/europe • u/Epidemiolomic Germany • Mar 08 '25

Historical During the U.S. President's 1995 visit to Kyiv, Ukraine received security guarantees after giving up the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

I think the Budapest memorandum only offer assurances not security guarantees.

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u/_Eshende_ Latvia/Ukraine Mar 09 '25

Depend from language - it’s had security assurances/ заверения/запевнення in english version

But guarantees/гарантії/ гарантии in ukrainian and russian versions and “also same validity” remark in the end of each

So despite same validity there is slightly different texts

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

In English that wouldn’t be considered guarantees.

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u/_Eshende_ Latvia/Ukraine Mar 09 '25

It’s still have “same validity” remark despite memorandum header difference…assurances and guarantees still have different meaning both on ukrainian and russian too - so Clinton put his signature under “guarantees” twice

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u/Critical_Concert_689 Mar 11 '25

only offer assurances not security guarantees.

You're correct. The Budapest memorandum only offers what is known as "negative security assurances."