CO 6 6 9 4 3 41 IED Sl iGRST SEeliET 0079 THE WHITE HOUSE RELEASE IN FULLj WASHINGTON DECLASSIFIED MEMORANDUM OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SUBJECT Telcon with President Leonid Kravchuk of -Ukraine on January 26 1993 PARTICIPANTS The President President Kravchuk of Ukraine Interpreter George Sajewych Notetaker Christine Potts DATE TIME AND PLACE January 26 1993 11 47 a m - 12 06 p m The Oval Office The President with you U Hello Mr President President Kravchuk Thank you I ·am delighted to speak U The President I look forward to developing a close relationship and talking frequently with you U President Kravchuk I fully share you thoughts U The President I enjoyed our conversation after I was elected but before I took office and I am anxious to develop an effective partnership As a first step I suggest that Secretary of State Christopher and Foreign Minister Zlenko talk to arrange early and detailed discussions between our governments on the major issues -- economic security and political 4 S-t-President Kravchuk I fully share your idea and I want to establish relations to create the possibility of solving our mutual problems -tet- The- piesi-dent FI rSt o-f ai·1 I- want to CaiSe an iSS Ue that iS critically important to both of us -- Ukraine's ratification and implementation of S ART I and the Non-Proliferation Treaty · The successful ratification of both these treaties will go a long way toward creating the basis for broader relations between our two countries We are prepared to provide at least $175 million under the Nunn-Lugar Act primarily for dismantlement to extend strong security assurances upon your ratification of the two treaties What are the prospects of ratification by February ff -tS - President Kravchuk I want to inform you Mr President that the meeting of heads of state in Minsk has come to a conclusion Ukraine proposed a declaration which was signed by all the states and Ukraine also made it possible to ratify a charter on the main principles of economic reform between the states The interstate relationship with Russia was confirmed by the two Declassify on OADR 8 Ee RE r DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY 1 1Geoffrey W Chapman Senior Reviewer A l' l 1D H i t n1 Q UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694341 Date 06 25 2019 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive • U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694341 Date 06 25 2019 CO 6 6 9 4 3 41 IED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694341 Date 06 25 2019 SECPd i'f 2 SE6RET presidents on January 15th Now the process of pre-ratificati on in the Supreme Rada is underway on NPT and START I ratification According to my information it is going on quite normally -te Of course your assurances will play an important role and President Yeltsin also assured me of certain guarantees -te - Our Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense will scrutinize the problem and will then give their analysis to the Supreme Rada On the basis of these recommendatio ns I will make a report to the Supreme Rada so that the deputies will ratify the agreement - S You may also know that Ukraine supported START II and considers it a historic event I am looking forward to bilateral cooperation and we are ready for better cooperation in the world U The commissions of the Supreme Rada are also working on debt problems with Russia I am sure these problems will be solved in the right way I would not want this to hamper our economic and political relations with other states -te- Of course Mr President I should have started with my sincere congratulatio ns and by wishing you every success This is the objective information available today and it will be guar anteed by the government and by the Supreme Rada - U The President Thank you I app rcec-ia-t e- -y oul '--support -_for- 7 - - _ - · ratification I also want you to Rnow that I support the economic reforms you have launched fhis is a-major step forward and I congratulate you for it The more you coordinate these reforms with the IMF the m re supportiv we can be and the more international economic assist nq _you can get - e If you can ratify both START I and the_ u r if y ou can mak e this happen I am going to do what I can to make the relationship better I will do what I can so that together we can really do some good things -4c President Kravchuk I want to assure you that we fully understand the necessity of ratification nd we will follow it to the end We understand our responsibility before our people and before the whole world -tetThe President Thank you very much with you Good-bye U I look forward to working President Kravchuk Thank you I wish you all the best in your politics and your affairs Good-bye U SECRB'f SESRET UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06694341 Date 06 25 2019 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive Today Russian-Ukrain ian talks started in Kiev on dismantlement of nuclear devices We made an agreement with Russia in Minsk that an agreement will be reached in the near future The Russian delegation is fully in favor of this and now the document is under consideration These talks on dismantlement are part of our general agreement with Russia - 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