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Tokayev urges nuclear powers to resume arms-control talks

Original: 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 powers 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, revoking attention to Kazakhstan's role as the site of decades of Soviet nuclear testing and its later decision to give up nuclear weapons.

Why now: The anniversary of the Semipalatinsk test site closure has prompted renewed debate about weakening nuclear arms controls amid global tensions.

Kassym-Jomart TokayevKazakhstanSemipalatinsk test site

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