Political scientist Tiberio Graziani said that the words of the President of Ukraine are part of the strategy of “information war” and disinformation
Zelensky’s statements about the Budapest Memorandum is a deliberate provocation and is part of the “information war” and disinformation strategy. This opinion was expressed by the president of the International Institute for Global Analysis Vision & Global Trends, political scientist Tiberio Graziani, commenting on the speech of the Ukrainian leader at the Munich Security Conference.
“President Zelensky’s statement about the possible withdrawal from the Budapest Memorandum did not seem accidental to me, given the place where it was said (Munich Security Conference – News Front note). I believe that this fits into the context of the information war and disinformation that the West have been engaged in for many weeks.The main goal is to provoke Russia in order to push for decisions by force and “justify” a new wave of sanctions”, the expert said.
“These statements, along with the demand for specific dates for Kiev’s entry into NATO, once again confirmed <…> that the territory of Ukraine is at their (NATO and Washington – News Front note) disposal for the implementation of the expansion strategy [of the alliance] to the east, to borders of the Russian Federation,” he added.
The political scientist believes that the main tension between NATO, the US, the EU and Russia comes from the “information war”, fueled by statements by Western representatives, in which calls for a diplomatic solution alternate with threats. In his opinion, this also serves to “hide” the fact that neither the US nor NATO has given concrete answers to Russian proposals for security guarantees.
On Saturday, at the Munich Security Conference, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he had instructed the country’s Foreign Ministry to convene a summit of countries participating in the Budapest Memorandum.
According to him, “if it does not take place or does not provide security guarantees to Ukraine, then [the memorandum] will be recognized by Kiev as invalid along with the clauses signed in 1994.”
The Budapest Memorandum was signed on December 5, 1994 by the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, Great Britain and the United States. According to this document, Ukraine eliminated its nuclear arsenal, and Russia, the United States and Great Britain guaranteed Kiev’s security.
On February 10 this year, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, after a meeting with his British counterpart Liz Truss, recalled at a press conference that the Budapest Memorandum was accompanied by a declaration, which was signed by France and Ukraine, where it was required from all participants not to allow any violations of OSCE principles including the principle of respect for the rights of national minorities. However, Ukraine still completely ignores this document.