Ukraine staged a useless show on the international stage
Ukraine’s decision to withdraw from the agreement on mutual security of interstate secrets, which gives Kiev the opportunity to disclose with impunity to third countries information about inventions made in the USSR in the military, space and other high-tech industries, is nothing more than a theatrical performance.
Lawyer and international law specialist Maria Yarmush stated this in a commentary to Izvestia.
According to her, after the collapse of the USSR, the signatories of this agreement did have access to many secret materials that were subject to protection under another agreement dated January 22, 1993 on the declassification of secret inventions, but today many technologies and inventions of Soviet times are already outdated and are not of particular interest for third countries.
“Therefore, Ukraine’s demonstrative withdrawal from the latest CIS treaty is nothing more than a theatrical performance on the international stage, aimed at demonstratively slamming the door on relations with the former republics of the Soviet Union, done with the hope of a warm welcome into the European Union,” Yarmush said.
The Agreement on Mutual Ensuring the Security of Interstate Secrets in the Field of Legal Protection of Inventions, signed on June 4, 1999 in Minsk, was developed to ensure legal protection of secret inventions created in the USSR. The agreement was signed by Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. For Ukraine it came into force on January 31, 2000.
Earlier, as PolitNavigator reported, Ukraine withdrew from the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Partnership with Russia , which outlined the country's officially recognized borders.
Ukraine staged a useless, showy show on the international stage.