From the Politico, Aug. 20:
"Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Wednesday criticized the idea of
Budapest being a potential venue for peace talks between Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Budapest? Not everyone may remember this, but in 1994 Ukraine
already got assurances of territorial integrity from the US, Russia and
the UK. In Budapest,” Tusk said. “Maybe I’m superstitious, but this time I would try to find another place.”
POLITICO revealed Tuesday
that the White House is exploring a trilateral meeting including U.S.
President Donald Trump in the Hungarian capital, citing an
administration official and a person close to the administration.
But Hungary would be an uneasy venue for Ukraine. The 1994 memorandum,
signed there by the U.S., U.K., Ukraine and Russia, pledged to respect
Kyiv’s sovereignty in exchange for its nuclear disarmament. But Putin’s
2014 assault on Ukraine and the lack of military support from
signatories rendered the guarantees essentially meaningless."
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