By Struan Stevenson, MEP.

In his recent article ‘Global World and Nuclear Security’ President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, articulates a series of important points concerning nuclear security and he continues to display Kazakhstan’s commitment to nuclear non-proliferation. 

President Nazarbayev states that a world free of nuclear weapons is ‘a grandiose goal which cannot be reached in short historical terms’ but can only become a reality ‘through joint efforts of all countries and nations’. This point was firmly underlined on Tuesday 6th April when the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon visited ‘Ground Zero’ in East Kazakhstan, where the Soviets tested more than 600 nuclear bombs. The UN Secretary General reaffirmed his own commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons and praised Kazakhstan and President Nazarbayev for their leadership role on nuclear non-proliferation.

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