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- 1Tokayev urges nuclear powers to resume arms-control talks●Tokayev has called for renewed negotiations among nuclear powers as Kazakhstan marks 35 years since the closure of the S
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called on nuclear-armed states to return to negotiations, marking 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He warned that global arms-control safeguards are weakening, framing Kazakhstan's history as the Soviet Union's main testing ground as a reason to press for renewed disarmament efforts.