CO 6 6 9 6 4 6 6IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 29 2019 POEMS Automated Telegram Handler-B26 Item Subject 05 24 94 09 08 am Page 1 ACTIN_G_ S CRET I 1 TJ NG i l TH U INE DEPUTY RELEASE IN FULL PAGE 01 STATE 137632 240017Z MAY 94 SUBJECT ACTING SECRETARY MEETING WITH UKRAINE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHMAROV 1 CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2 ON HAY 12 UKRAINE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHHAROV PAID A COURTESY CALL ON ACTING SECRETARY TALBOTT FOLLOWING TWO DAYS OF BILATERAL TALl S SHMAROV REVIEWED THE PROGRESS MADE OVER THE COURSE or THE MEETINGS AND EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH PLANS TO CONCLUDE AND SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON ADHERENCE TO THE MTCR ON MAY 13 SHMAROV CONVEYED UKRAINIAN CONCERN ABOUT THE SLOW PACE or NUNN-LUGAR DISBURSEMENTS THE ACTG SECRETARY SAID HE WOULD TRY TO STEP UP THE PROCESS SHMAROV SAID THAT PRESIDENT KRAVCHUK INTENDED TO APPEAL TO THE NEW UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENT ON MAY 13 TO POSTPONE THE SCHEDULED JUNE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BUT HE WAS NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT KRAVCHUK'S CHANCES REGARDING CRIMEA SHMAROV APPEARED CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT A COMPROMISE ARRANGEMENT COULD BE 'REACHED WITH THE CRIMEAN GOVERNMENT OVER CONTINUING DIFFERENCES WITH THE UKRAINIAN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT END SUMMARY OVERVIEW OF MTCR TALKS 3 SHMAROV AND HIS DELEGATION PAID A BRIEF COURTESY CALL ON ACTING SECRETARY TALBOTT IMMEDIATELY UPON CONCLUDING TH£ SECOND DAY OF TALKS HOSTED BY U S DAVIS SHMAROV WAS ACCOMPANIED BY DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK DEFENSE CONVERSION DEPUTY MINISTER KOZYKOV SPACE AGENCY CHIEF GORBULIN AND EMBASSY CHARGE KUCHINSKIY JOINING ACTING SECRETARY TALBOTT FOR THE MEETING WERE NSC STAFF MEMBERS BURNS AND GOTTEMOELLER S NIS DEPUTY PIFER AND EUR ISCA SALAZAR 4 THE ACTING SECRETARY WELCOMED THE DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON CONVEYING THE SECRETARY'S GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATING HMAROV ON THE PROGRESS MADE DURING THE THO DAYS OF TALM HE OBSERVED THAT PLANS TO SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VICE PRESIDENT GORE ON UKRAINE'S ADHERENCE TO MTCR GUIDELINES ON THE FOLLOWING DAY WOULD SERVE TO UNDERSCORE THE SUBSTANTIVE AND SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE OF THE DELEGATION'S WORK DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY Geoffrey W Chapman Senior Reviewer A GIS IPS 3 26 2019 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 29 2019 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive e9Hl 'Hl IH1' M U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 29 2019 POEMS Automated Telegram Hand er-826 Item Subject ee11neeHT fdJ 05 24 94 09 08 am Page 2 ACTING SECRETARY MEETING WITH UKRAINE DEPUTY 5 SHMAROV THANKED THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR HIS WELCOMING R tMAIU S AND EXPRESSED SATISFACTION WITH THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED DURING THE TWO DAYS OF TALKS HE REPORTED THAT SIDES HERE NON PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD NITH THE SIGNING Or THE MEMORANDUM or UNDERSTANDING SHMAROV NOTED THAT BOTH SIDES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXAMINE CLOSELY QUESTIONS RAISED DURING THE COURSE or DISCUSSIONS INCLUDING THOSE CARRYING NEGATIVE AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE SHMAROV DECLARED THAT THE AGREEMENT TO BE REACHED THAT DAY WOULD BE VERY MUCH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT SHMAROV UNDERSCORED ALSO THE IMPORTANCE or THE TIMING or THE AGREEMENT UKRAINE IS ENTERING A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD HE SAID WITH A NEW PARLIAMENT ANO POSSIBLY A NEW PRESIDENT IT WAS THEREFORE IMPORTANT HE SAID FOR UKRAINE TOE FIRMLY COMMITTED TO KEY NON-PROLIFERATION GOALS AMONG THEM THIS HTCR AGREEMENT SLOW PACE OF NUNN-LUGAR ASSISTANCE 6 SHMAROV THEN TURNED TO A MATTER OF CENTRAL IMPORl'ANCE TO HIS VISIT HE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE SLOW PACE AT 'WHICH NUCLEAR DISMANTLEMENT ASSISTACE UNDER THE NUNN-LUGAR PROGRAM IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO UKRAINE ··SHMAROV SAID THAT OF THE USO 350 MILLION PROMISED PRACTICALLY NOTHING HAS BE N DELIVERED HE ARGUED THAT MORE ACTION AND LESS • TALK IS NEEDED GOTTEMOELLER NOTED THAT PROBLEMS AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL DEVELOPED BECAUSE or LACK or MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE PROJECTS EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS AND OTHER SUCH DEl'AILS SHE ADDED THAT THE USG WAS WORKING TO IMPROVE ITS OWN PERFORMANCE INCLUDING SPEEDIG· UP ITS CONTRACTING PROCEDURES 7 REASSURING SHMAROV THE ACTING SECRETARY-·SAID••STA-11E- - •··•·· · --- -- _ WOULD DO WHAT IT COULD TO ACCELERATE NUNN LUGAR • ' ·• '•-••k' ' ' - -· _ ·-' • '· ·• r' DISBURSEMENTS HE EXPLAINED THAT SHMAROV'·S V SIT ' TO THE •· · ' ' ·' •• -· · • - • S AT THIS TIME WOULD HELP SINCE IT WOULD ·'GIVE •A lltELPFti i Jlf•f i -- · - --- • ··· IMPULSE HE NOTED THAT SENATORS NUNN ANO' LUGAR- WERE JU SO- • · • • · - ·· • ·· · ANXIOUS TO SEE THIS ASSISTANCE FULLY IMPLEMENTED PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND PROBLEMS NITH CRIMEA' · 8 TURNING TO ANOTHER SUBJECl' THE ACTING SECRETARY ASKED FOR SHMAROV' S VIEWS ON THE UPCOMING PRESIDEN l'-I-AL- ELECT-IQNSAND ON THE SITUATION IN CRIMEA SHMAROV SAID THAT-' - PRESIDENT KRAVCHUK INTENDED TO l'AKE HIS CAss··ro POSTPON _ THE LECTIONS TO TH£ RADA THE FOLLOWING DAY·• MAY 13 - HE-· OTED THAT THERE IS SOME SUPPORT IN THE RADA FOR POSTPONEMENT BUT THAT THERE IS LIKELY TO BE CONSIDERABLE - · - ' - -- UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 29 2019 From the Nunn-Lugar collection of the National Security Archive CO 6 6 9 64 6 6ilFIED CO 6 6 9 64 66IFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 2912019 POEMS Automated' Telegram Handler-826 Item Subject 05 24 94 Page 09 08 am 3 ACTING SECRETARY MEETING WITH UKRAINE DEPUTY DEBATE OVER THE QUESTION SHMAROV THOUGHT NONE or THE THREE LEADING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES KRAVCHUK KUCHMA AND PLYUSHCH WOULD RECEIVE AN ABSOLUTE MAJORITY AS REQUIRED BY THE CONSTITUTION HE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT PROCEEDING WITH THE ELECTION COULD LEAP TO A DEST ILIZING· SITUATION 9 ON CRIMEA SHMAROV SAID THAT UKRAINE WAS TRYING_ TO FIND A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE COMPROMISE UNDER THE LAW HE NOTED THAT TALKS IN KIEV WITH THE NEW CRIMEAN GOVERNMENT WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE BUT THAT ACTING PRIME MINISTER ZVYAHILSKIY'S MEETINGS WITH CRIMEAN PRESIDENT MESHKOV WERE VERY COLD SHMAROV OBSE RVED THAT MOSCOW Or 'ICIALLY RECOGNIZES THE CRIMEAN PROBLEM AS A INTERNAL UKRAINIAN MATTER NE VERTHELESS HE POINTED OUT SOM CIRCLES IN RUSSIA THAT ARE ACTING CONTRARY TO THE OFFICIAL POLICY HAVE CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE IN THE REGIO 10 THE ACTING SECRETARY UNDERSCORED USG -ADMIRATION FORTHE WAY IN WHICH UKRAINE HAP HANDLED THE ISSUE THUS FAR NOTING THAT UKRAINE HAD ADOPTED AN APPROACH COMBINING SUBTLETY SOPHISTICATION RESTRAINT AND PRINCIPLE HE ADDED THAT PRINCIPLE IS NOT LOST ON THE USG SINCE IT IS CLEARLY REFLECTED IN OUR OWN POLICY THE ACTING SECRETARY EXPLAINED THAT THE U S HAP CONGRATLATED RUSSIA AS WELLFOR REAFFIRMING THE PRINCIPLE THAT CRIMEA IS AN INTERNAL ISSUE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR INTERFERENCE · BY·-OUTSIDE · -· _ STATES HE ASSURED SHMAROV THAT THE USG ·ffAs·-CARErux LY- ··WATCHING RUSSIA'S ROLE 11 THE ACTING SECRETARY EXPLAINED FURTHER THAT THE USG PAYS PARTICULARLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO A CLUSTER OF •RUSSJ AN FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES RUSSIAN-BALTIC LAT I pNs · • _ · ---_- RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS AND RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS FOR EXAMPLE HE CONTINUED - REGAJU ING • P ·· · -'l ' - ' - • · - _ • THE BALTICS THE USG IS DOING EVERYTHING •J T• CAN-· TO·•ASSURE · · · · · · ' ' • • •· - REMOVAL OF RUSSIAN TROOPS FROM THE ALTICS BY- THE -END •OF - - 11 •'I 1·'- ' - -· AUGUST THE ACTING SECRETARY NOTED THAT PRESIDEN t'• CLIN C N -- 11 - r --- • HAP BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THE EFFORT TO· RESOLVE THE - ' 1 · • ISSUE or THE RUSSIAN RADAR IN LATVIA HE C ITED' A NUMBER '· Or - EXAMPLES OF RECENT ACTIVITY RELATED TO ESTONIA AS WELL 11r11·- • r• • • ·• ·4 - -• · · - r· 12 THE ACTING SECRETARY CONCLUDED HIS REMARKS BY EMPHASIZING THAT USG INTERESTS ARE HARMONIOUS WITH UKRAINE'S NATIONAL INTERESTS AND THANKED s ov AND TARASYUK FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS HE SAID HAT THE TRILATEIIAL MECHANISM HAP WORKED VERY WELL AND THAT· THE •USG · STOOD READY TO HELP IN A SIMILAR FASHION IF CALLED UPON To· DO SO SHMAROV THANKED TE ACTING SECRETARY -FOR- T E MEETING AND ASKED THAT HIS REGARDS BE RELAYED TO' PRESIDENT - • ·- CLINTON CHRISTOPHER 1- UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2017-13804 Doc No C06696466 Date 03 29 2019 - 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