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Sergey TsekovMOSCOW, Feb. 20 Statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday about a possible withdrawal of Ukraine from the Budapest Memorandum are empty words, no one will allow Kiev to create nuclear weapons, Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov told RIA Novosti. After the collapse of the USSR, Kiev inherited a significant nuclear arsenal. In 1994, Ukraine, Russia, the United States and Britain signed the Budapest Memorandum, which served as an international agreement on security guarantees in connection with Ukraine's accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. In accordance with the agreement, the nuclear arsenal on the territory of Ukraine was eliminated, and the nuclear powers pledged to guarantee Kiev's security. Zelensky said at the Munich Conference that he would initiate negotiations between the participants in the Budapest Memorandum. According to him, if they do not take place or there are no security guarantees for Kiev as a result, «Ukraine will have every right to believe that the Budapest Memorandum does not work, and all package decisions of 1994 will be called into question.» «This is just a statement, Ukraine cannot withdraw from the memorandum. Will someone allow it to create nuclear weapons? Neither Russia nor other countries will allow it,» Tsekov said. achieve. «Who will be afraid of him? He only harms Ukraine with such statements. One can only sympathize with the Ukrainian people, who have such rulers,» Tsekov concluded. >Expert commented on Zelensky's statement on the Budapest Memorandum Published: Olga Filippova