www.ukrweekly.com Vol. LXI No. 28 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1993 50 cents Kuchma supports introduction Foreign Affairs l\/linistry reaffirms of emergency state in Ukraine Ukraine's nuclear-free intention by Marta Kolomayets "In order to have the legal status of by Marta Kolomayets "I support the introduction of an Kyyiv Press Bureau ownership of nuclear weapons, Ukraine Kyyiv Press Bureau emergency state in Ukraine," the coun­ has to declare itself a nuclear state. try's prime minister, Leonid Kuchma, KYYIV — The Ukrainian Foreign Ukraine has found itself in a very deli­ KYYIV — The rift between said at a news conference on Thursday Ministry on Wednesday, July 7, denied cate situation; it is not a nuclear state, Ukraine's top leaders continues to widen afternoon, July 8, in response to that Ukraine has joined the "nuclear club but it does have nuclear weapons," the as Ukraine battles with growing energy reporters' questions on the economic sit­ of nations" and attempted to clarify the Foreign Ministry's press center director, prices and a faltering economy that is uation in Ukraine today. Parliament's declaration of weapons' Yuriy Sergeyev, said on Tuesday, July 6. ownership in order to quell Western paralyzing this fledgling nation of 52 He suggested that the Parliament fears of an emerging nuclear power. "We want everyone to understand that million. should dissolve itself and new elections everything found on Ukrainian territory should be held in order to move forward The Foreign Ministry's statement is owned by Ukraine. But in the end, we with economic reforms. He also said the came less than a week after the will determine Ukraine's status — Kravchuk asks G-7 government should look over decisions Ukrainian Parliament passed a foreign nuclear or non-nuclear — only after we that have been passed by the current leg­ policy doctrine on Friday, July 2, by a vote on the ratification of START I, the islature. "They must stop adopting pop­ vote of 226-15, which stated that Lisbon Protocol and after we accede to for $2 billion in aid ulist decisions," said Mr. Kuchma. Ukraine is the owner of nuclear weapons the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. on its soil. The two-page document, by Marta Kolomayets Relations between Mr. Kuchma and Until that time all conclusions are pre­ issued to the press and embassies in mature," said the deputy chairman of Kyyiv Press Bureau President Leonid Kravchuk are at log­ Kyyiv, is also proof of the existing dis­ gerheads since they began a power strug­ parliament, Vasyl Durdynets. KYYIV — Ukrainian President cord between the Foreign Ministry and gle in mid-May for control of the econo­ the current Parliament regarding However, Ukrainian lawmakers, Leonid Kravchuk has turned to leaders my. In the meantime, Ukraine's popula­ including Bohdan Horyn, deputy chair­ of the G-7 countries, asking for financial Ukraine's foreign policy and the future tion is experiencing the growing pains of of its nuclear arsenal. man of the Foreign Relations assistance of over $2 billion (U.S.) to be economic reforms and is faced with ris­ Committee, say that today Ukraine is a used toward nuclear disarmament and ing prices and plummeting standards of President Leonid Kravchuk obfuscat­ nuclear state. economic reforms. living. ed the issue further on Wednesday, July "There are no more questions. The In a letter dated July 2, which was Mr. Kuchma told journalists that 7, stating that Ukraine should claim tem­ Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not like issued to the press on July 5, the Ukraine is rolling into an abyss and that porary ownership of its nuclear weapons the decision Parliament reached on Ukrainian president asked that the G-7 it cannot currently afford to pay world until the time they are removed from its Friday. It is difficult for them to realize countries "play the role of leaders in prices. territory or fully destroyed. "However, I that the old days are over. We no longer organizing aid for Ukraine, namely, cre­ On June 17, President Kravchuk and think that in reality, Ukraine should be do things just because the ministry tells ating an international fund to support Russian Federation President Boris nuclear-free," said the Ukrainian leader us so," said Mr. Horyn. during a break at the Ukrainian Congress (Continued on page 4) (Continued on page 4) of Collective Farm Enteфrises. (Continued on page 4) Ukrainian Canadian Congress angry over redress inaction by Christopher Guly accounted for, nor returned." 1923 and 1947. War II internment. At the time, the fed­ eral government also revoked the War Mr. Bardyn's letter recalls former The Italian community is also OTTAWA — Prime Minister Brian involved over the World War II intern­ Measures Act. Liberal Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Mulroney left office on June 25 carrying ment of 700 Italian Canadians, which Laurier's decision to break with Sir Mr. Weiner offered the five an an angry letter from the Ukrainian also branded 14,500 as enemy aliens and Robert Borden's coalition Union govern­ "omnibus apology," without any finan­ . Canadian Congress' Redress Committee. subject to registration. Three years ago, ment over the incident. cial compensation. The federal govern­ The June 26 letter, signed by commit­ Mr. Mulroney offered a "full and ment is also prepared to construct a tee chair Ihor Bardyn, accuses the for­ It also cites a commitment made by unqualified apology" to the Italian- "Nation- builders Hall of Record" in the mer Progressive Conservative prime Mr. Mulroney at last year's triennial Canadian community. new national archives in Ottawa, which minister of failing to resolve the redress UCC meeting in Winnipeg. He told dele­ Others groups have not pressed their would serve as a monument to commem­ issue. gates that his government would resolve formal claims as vigorously. They orate the contribution of ethnic groups The UCC is seeking between $35 mil­ the issue, which had been under consid­ include the Sikh community, over a across Canada. eration since he met with the UCC in lion and $50 million for economic losses 1914 incident in which 367 Sikhs were The minister told the closed-door Edmonton in 1990. More recently, dur­ suffered by the estimated 5,000 refused entry at Vancouver and held off­ meeting that the federal government ing a March visit to Toronto, Mr. Ukrainian Canadians interned following shore for two months without food or could not duplicate the $13,000-per-per- Mulroney emphasized that this action the outbreak of the first world war. The water; and the Canadian Jewish son package offered to Japanese would follow before he left office. amount quotes 1991 dollars and is based Congress over the rejection of a boatload Canadian survivors in 1988. Yet, that on a 1992 Price Waterhouse report sub­ In a way, it might already be resolved. of 907 German Jews during the second year, Mr. Weiner told a National mitted to the UCC. On May 18, Multiculturalism Minister world war. This group, minus 29 who Association of Japanese Canadians ban­ Close to 80,000 Ukrainian Canadians Gerry Weiner met with representatives got off in Cuba, were turned back to quet that "if we have opened floodgates also were branded enemy aliens, lost from five ethnic groups seeking compen­ Europe, where they died in the to new claims, as the worriers always their right to vote and were forced to sation for historic discrimination. Along Holocaust. say, then I say to them it's about time." register and carry identification cards. with the UCC, the group seeking redress About 3,000 German Canadians were So far, the Ukrainian, Italian and Using unprecedented and pointed lan­ includes members of the Chinese com­ also interned during World War I and Chinese communities have rejected the guage, the letter reads: "We feel you munity, for the imposition of a "head another 800 during the second world offer. have let us down, and that you have not tax" on 81,000 Chinese immigrants dur­ war. In the prepared statement, Renzo Orsi, been truthful with our community. You ing the early part of this century. Five years ago, the Mulroney govern­ national president of the National could have done the right thing, begin­ Chinese residents were also denied vot­ ment apologized and awarded a $300 Congress of Italian-Canadian said: "You ning with the return of monies taken by ing and citizenship rights and were often million compensation package to the the government of Canada and never separated from their families between Japanese Canadian community for Word (Continued on page 22) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JULY 11, 1993 No. 28 Ukrainian-Russian summit: Newsbriefs problems and prospects on Ukraine by Dr. Roman Solchanyk about the indebtedness of Russian enter­ RFE/RL Research Institute prises to Ukrainian suppliers. Black Sea Fleet controversy festers Ukraine had not agreed until now to On the eve of the January 1993 sum­ • Service charges. Ukraine is compensate the specialists in the event SEVASTOPIL — The controversy mit in Moscow between Russian and demanding payment for Russian oil and of a nuclear accident. (RFE/RL Daily surrounding division of the Black Sea Ukrainian Presidents Boris Yeltsin and gas flowing through pipelines on its ter­ Report) Fleet continues. Eduard Baltin, comman­ Leonid Kravchuk the Russian daily ritory and for the use of its air space and der of the fleet, stated in a July 1 Reuters Izvestiya published a list of 10 "difficult port facilities. Russia views the demands Slovak President visits Ukraine interview that he opposed splitting the barriers" that divided the two leaders." as excessive. flotilla between Ukraine and Russia.