Just after 20 years of the signing of the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine in 2014 faced a situation in which one of the signatories, Russia occupied Crimea and got allegedly involved in patronizing separatists in Eastern Ukraine. An agreement was drawn up by the Trilateral Contact Group on Ukraine, which consisted of representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Meetings of the group took place on 31 July, 26 August, 1 September, and 5 September 2014 but fighting in Eastern Ukraine continued. These guarantees and sureties were provided to Ukraine under Budapest Memorandum. When Kyiv was in trouble then the world came to know that Budapest Memorandum was a nonbinding document.

Source: Pakistan Today December 27, 2021 23:00 UTC