CTBTO's Executive Secretary and Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Reaffirm Commitment to Nuclear Weapons Free World

PeopleOther ♦ Published: August 30, 2022; 19:27 ♦ (Vindobona)

In a joint statement, Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi and CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd reaffirmed their commitment to a nuclear weapons-free world. In a joint statement released on Aug. 29 to mark the International Day Against Nuclear Tests, the two reiterated their determination to enact the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd urges all countries of the world to bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into force. / Picture: © CTBTO / Flickr [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)]

On 29 August 1991, Kazakhstan and the international community closed the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. As a result of this event, the CTBT was adopted in 1996 as a result of strong international efforts. The CTBT and its verification regime have been consistently supported by Kazakhstan since its adoption.

Additionally, the National Nuclear Center (NNC), which operates five…