The Minister noted that rental price rise, proposed by the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko for the bases of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in Sevastopol, contradicts the base agreement where the rental price was fixed. "We know that such international agreement as the Agreement on the Black Sea Fleet of Russia have an absolute priority over the domestic legislative acts," the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia stressed.
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Russia won’t encroach upon the Big Treaty
Russia
won't initiate determination of the Big Treaty on cooperation and
friendship with Ukraine, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia
Sergey Lavrov told journalists. "I see no reason for initiation by
Russia the determination of the Treaty," S.Lavrov told. according to
him, the Big Treaty on cooperation and friendship with Ukraine meets
interests of both countries. The Minister drew attention to the fact
that Russia expects that all other agreements between the two countries
will be vigorous.