Gainesville, Sept. 2 -- Security guarantees for Ukraine do not require a military presence from Europe or the United States, but rather a commitment to neutrality as outlined in the country's original constitution, well-known US economist and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University Jeffrey Sachs told Sputnik in an interview.
"And in this sense, I think neutrality for Ukraine doesn't need all sorts of fancy military guarantees. It doesn't need European boots on the ground. It doesn't need American airplanes flying overhead.
"It needs the clarity that Ukraine will be neutral, as Ukraine declared in its original Constitution when it declared independence," Sachs said.
The interview was conducted ahead of th...