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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 for renewed negotiations among nuclear-armed states, marking 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He warned that global arms-control safeguards are weakening and urged world powers to return to the negotiating table, drawing on Kazakhstan's history as the site of hundreds of Soviet nuclear tests.