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Kazakhstan Commemorates the 30th Anniversary of the Closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Weapons Test Site
The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Vienna is calling for the promotion of its anti-nuclear initiatives and to commemorate the long-term consequences of the legacy of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Weapons Test Site in eastern Ksakhstan.
The Semipalatinsk Test Site, located in northeast Kazakhstan, was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / United States Department of Energy [Public Domain]
August 29, 2021, marked the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site in Kazakhstan in 1991, as well as the initiative for a safer global future launched by former Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. It is a policy that is being continued by his successor, President Qassym-Shomart Tokayev. …
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