Андрей Сибига. Фото: МИД Украины
On March 25, the Ukrainian government terminated 116 international agreements that Ukraine had concluded at various times with Belarus and Russia, as well as within the CIS framework, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reported.
Ukraine terminated 25 agreements, denounced three, and withdrew from 88. Of these, 23 were with Belarus, five with Russia, 87 within the CIS, and one was a trilateral agreement between Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia.
“Today, Ukraine has taken another large-scale step along this path. We are severing the last ties with the so-called ‘CIS.’ It is my firm belief that Ukraine’s legal framework of international agreements must correspond to the realities of war and the new security architecture on the European continent. To achieve this, it is necessary to break the remaining legal links that once connected us with Russia, Belarus, and the so-called ‘CIS.’ This is a complex legal process requiring consistent work, and we are carrying it out systematically,” said Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
Sybiha stressed that Ukraine must eliminate ties with the aggressor state.
“It is my principled position as minister to get rid of everything that may weaken Ukraine, to cut off everything that once connected us with the aggressor state, and to build a serious, strategic, and long-term line of defense for the free world on Ukraine’s eastern border — or even further beyond it,” the foreign minister said.