Unlocking the potential of disarmament diplomacy is the most important task

Nur-Sultan, January 6, 2021 - Foreign Minister Mukhtar Tileuberdi took part in the Third Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), organized online in the Jordanian capital Amman.

The participants discussed possible ways to unlock the potential of disarmament diplomacy, which is especially important before the anniversary of the NPT Review Conference, scheduled for August this year.

The Minister noted that given the difficult situation in the world, the importance of joint active work of all states to restore confidence is the key to solving many problems of our time. In this context, the urgency of Kazakhstani initiatives to build a dialogue between the nuclear powers was noted, including the initiative of the First President of Kazakhstan - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev to create a Global Alliance of Leaders for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons.

He also stressed that the NPT Review Conference coincides with the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk Test Site - a landmark event in the history of nuclear disarmament.

Kazakhstan is an active participant in the Stockholm Initiative for Nuclear Disarmament and the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which has been implemented since 2019.

The participants of this format, representing different continents of the planet (Argentina, Canada, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland), call on the international community, primarily the states with nuclear weapons, to use all available opportunities to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in security doctrines and policies, as well as to complete nuclear disarmament.

The next ministerial meeting will take place on the eve of the NPT Review Conference.