The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has terminated 116 international agreements concluded with the Russian Federation, the Republic of Belarus, and within the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
This was announced by Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha.
“It is my firm belief that Ukraine’s legal and treaty framework must reflect the realities of war and the new security architecture on the European continent. To achieve this, we must sever the remaining legal ties that once connected us with Russia, Belarus, and the so-called ‘CIS.’ This is a thorough and complex legal process that requires consistent work, and we are systematically carrying it out,” Sybiha emphasized.
According to him, Ukraine has taken another major step in this direction. On March 25, at the initiative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Cabinet of Ministers terminated 116 international agreements previously concluded between the Government of Ukraine and the governments of Russia, Belarus, and within the CIS framework.
“Thanks to this resolution, we are terminating 25 agreements, denouncing 3, and withdrawing from 88 international treaties. Of these, 5 are with Russia, 23 with Belarus, 87 within the CIS framework, and one is a trilateral agreement between Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus,” Sybiha explained.
He added that, taking into account presidential decrees of February 25 on withdrawing from 31 international agreements within the CIS, as well as 14 draft laws registered in the Verkhovna Rada providing for the termination of 74 international treaties, Ukraine is effectively completing the main phase of aligning its bilateral and multilateral legal framework with Russia, Belarus, and the CIS to the realities of war and Ukraine’s defining role in Europe’s new security architecture.
“This is my principled position as minister—to eliminate everything that could weaken Ukraine, to cut off all ties that once connected us with the aggressor state, and to build a strong, strategic, and long-term line of defense for the free world on Ukraine’s eastern border—or even beyond it. Ukraine’s border is the border of international law, freedom, and European civilization. This approach must also be reflected in Ukraine’s international legal and treaty framework,” Sybiha stressed.
