KYIV. April 2 (Interfax) - Ukraine is not planning to denounce its four agreements with Russia over the Black Sea Fleet, Ukrainian Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said.
"In international judicial practice, such actions (unilateral denunciation by the State Duma of the bilateral agreements) are unacceptable; such actions are not recognized by international courts. We, for our part, shall not denounce any of these agreements," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
"For us, they constitute evidence of Ukraine's right in court, including (its right) to damage compensation by Russia. In the event that Russia unilaterally increases its gas price, we, too, for our part, will calculate the price that is valid under the existing formula, without taking this denunciation into account. Let Russians then try and prove themselves right before international courts," the justice minister added.
On March 31 the Duma passed a law denouncing the Russian-Ukrainian agreements over the Black Sea Fleet.
The law supersedes the Russian-Ukrainian agreements dated May 28, 1997 - regarding the parameters of the division of the Black Sea Fleet, the status and lease conditions of the Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, mutual payments relating to the division and presence of the Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine, and the April 21, 2010 agreement signed in Kharkiv regarding the lease conditions for the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine