Russia’s transfer of nuclear weapons to Belarus explicitly violates the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Belarus also pledged to observe its non-nuclear status by signing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Also on May 25, exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya condemned the nuclear weapons agreement between Minsk and Moscow.
“The deployment of any kind of nuclear weapons in Belarus is not only a violation of international commitments such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. It also violates our non-nuclear status under the Constitution...” In addition, Belarus’ 1994 constitution prohibits deploying nuclear weapons on its territory.
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