Kazakh Foreign Ministry hosted courses on international security and disarmament

Nur-Sultan, April 5-6, 2021 - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, together with the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, organized and hosted professional development courses online for Kazakh diplomats on the topic: “Pressing Matters of Ensuring International Security”.

The speakers included Advisor to the Director of the Kazakh Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of Kazakhstan Dastan Eleukenov, Director General of Kazakhstan Nuclear Power Plants  Timur Zhantikin, Senior Fellow at the Project on International Security, Commerce, and Economic Statecraft of University at Albany Togzhan Kassenova, Deputy Director of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sergey Berezin, Director of James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Middlebury Institute Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova and others.

During the event, the participants were informed on the current situation and the main trends in nuclear disarmament, the regimes for the prohibition of biological and chemical weapons, export control, and the activities of international organizations in this regard. In addition, they held interactive discussions on all issues concerned.

Separate discussions were devoted to the 30th anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk Test Site, the historic decision of the First President of Kazakhstan, Leader of the Nation Nursultan Nazarbayev, as well as the country's disarmament efforts over the years of independence. The experts highlighted new international initiatives of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev including the establishment of the International Agency for Biological Safety.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan extends its gratitude to the Academy of Public Administration of Kazakhstan and all speakers for arranging professional development courses in the field of WMD.