CENTRAL ASIA AND AFRICA ARE READY TO BENEFIT MUTUALLY FROM THE INTER-REGIONAL DIALOGUE ON NUCLEAR GOVERNANCE

TSHWANE

 

18 August 2020

 

On 17 August 2020, Mr. Kanat Tumysh, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to South Africa, on the eve of August 29, commemorated and observed all over the world, in accordance with UN General Assembly Resolution 64/35 of 2009, as the International Day against Nuclear Tests, met with Dr. Messaoud Baaliouamer, Executive Secretary of the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE).

 

At the meeting parties discussed conclusion in the near future of a Memorandum of Understanding between the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (AfNWFZ) and the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (CANWFZ), as well as the arranging in October-November 2020 an international online seminar on the theme, “BENEFITS FROM INTERREGIONAL DIALOGUE ON NUCLEAR GOVERNANCE: AFRICA AND CENTRAL ASIA. ”

 

Dr. Baaliuamer highly evaluated the initiative of H.E. Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, First President of Kazakhstan and Leader of the Nation, to establish dialogue among nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs), as well as praised the role and efforts of our country in its promoting. He also emphasized the important contribution of the leadership of Kazakhstan to the nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation of WMD and building a world free of nuclear weapons.

 

According to the AFCONE Executive Secretary, the upcoming online event (Webinar) should be considered as a logical practical continuation of the International Seminar held in Nur-Sultan on 28 August 2019 on strengthening cooperation among the NWFZs. In his opinion, in the future, such international fora should become regular and need to be conducted on annual basis.