This agreement is known as the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances.
Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan received the following assurances from the superpowers, Russia, the UK, and the USA:
- The territorial borders of Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Bealrus would be respected.
- They (the superpowers) would refrain from military intervention in the nations (Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan).
- They (the superpowers) would not influence the politics of Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan using economic pressure.
- Superpowers would not use nuclear arms against Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
- Superpowers would seek the immediate intervention of the UN Security Council if any of the nations signing the treaty became a victim of aggression.
- The superpowers would consult one another to uphold their commitments.
