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International Assistance Programs

GERMANY

On 10/9/96, it was reported that Belarus ratified a joint agreement with Germany on nuclear weapons and infrastructure elimination assistance, under which Germany will provide DM 1 million to eliminate an unspecified amount of rocket fuel.[1] Belarus will also export for free 6,300 MT of "Melanzh" rocket oxidizer to Germany for reprocessing.[1] (A conflicting report noted 8,000 MT of rocket propellant components.)[2] The German government authorized the German company BUK Inpar GmbH to undertake the work outlined in the agreement, which was signed in Bonn on 28 June 1996 by German Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Hans-Friedrich Platts and Belarusian ambassador to Germany Pyotr Belyaev. [2,3]
Sources:
[1]Valeriy Kovalev, "Belarus is Parting With 'Melanzh'," KRASNAYA ZVEZDA, 10/9/96; in "Germany to Deal with Toxic Missile Fuels," FBIS-SOV-96-198
[2] BELAPAN, 7/4/96, in "Details on German Aid in 'Liquidating Nuclear Weapons,'" FBIS-TAC-96-008
[3] ITAR-TASS, "Podpisano ramochnoye soglasheniye," KRASNAYA ZVEZDA, 7/1/96, p. 3. {Updated 3/7/97, mew}

IAEA

From 6-8 November 1996, the IAEA hosted a meeting between representatives of fourteen Newly Independent States (NIS) and nine countries that have concluded nuclear assistance agreements with them, to review the implementation of those agreements. Officials from Australia, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States represented the donor countries. The meeting emphasized the need for an integrated approach to nuclear nonproliferation assistance and included topics such as MPC&A, export controls, establishment of nuclear-related legislation, and political commitment to, and coordination of, nonproliferation measures.
["Technical Support to Newly Independent States in Non-Proliferation Field," IAEA NEWSBRIEFS, 11-12/96, p. 3.] {Entered 2/20/97, SA}

JAPAN

On 8/14/95, Japan and Belarus signed an agreement on nuclear non-proliferation under which Japan pledged $5.2 million in aid to Belarus. In 4/94 it was announced that Belarus would receive $8.37 million for nuclear site restoration in accordance with an agreement concluded between the two countries on 11/5/93. The funds are Belarus's share of the $100 million in disarmament aid that Japan pledged to the nuclear successor states of the former Soviet Union on 4/14/93.
Sources:
[1] "Minsk Cuts Costs to Fulfill Nuclear Commitments," INTERFAX, 8/14/95.
[2] DEFENSE NEWS, 4/11-17/94, p. 2.
[3] "Japan's Denuclearization Programs Take Off In Ex-USSR," NUCLEONICS WEEK, 11/11/93, p. 12

TACIS

In 2/96, TACIS allocated $2.87 million from the EU budget for 13 countries (including the 12 CIS states) for the next four years. From 1991-1993, Belarus was allocated a total of ECU 38.86 million, or approximately $42.2 million, for nuclear nonproliferation related programs. Approximately ECU 3.4 million were ear-marked for defense conversion.
Sources:
[1] "Rada ES Ne Poskupylasya," HOLOS UKRAINY, 2/16/96, p. 5.
[2] G. Niehus, D. Larsimont, and H. Slotboom; "TACIS: Activities In Belarus," TACIS INFORMATION OFFICE, 2/94, pp. 1-23.

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