The Pugwash Committee Secretariat reports that on August 29, 2025, the Committee members gave extended interviews dedicated to the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
How Kazakhstan turned its nuclear past into a scientific future
Professor Batyrbekov E.G., Doctor of Physico-mathematical Sciences The Director General of the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan told how Kazakhstan, after the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site in 1991, turned its nuclear heritage into the basis of scientific development: a National Nuclear Center was established, dozens of test mitigation projects were carried out, the law on the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Safety Zone was adopted, a monitoring and seismic station system was deployed, thousands of square kilometers of territory were cleared Advanced projects in the field of thermonuclear and hydrogen technologies are also being implemented with international cooperation.
Nuclear disarmament – preventive diplomacy working for Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is noted as a model of preventive diplomacy in the field of nuclear disarmament, it was announced on August 29, 2025. S.R. Saveliev, senior expert at the Institute for Foreign Policy Studies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, stressed that in the context of the fading process of reducing nuclear arsenals (including SOA-3, which expires in early 2026), Kazakhstan is strengthening the international security architecture based on the Non-Proliferation Treaty. He is preparing the General Review Event of the NPT, has already headed the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom), and in 2026 will head the Second Main Committee of the conference, while consistently promoting a multilateral dialogue to prevent an arms race..
More information about the interview data can be found at the links:
https://www.inform.kz/ru/kak-kazahstan-prevratil-yadernoe-proshloe-v-nauchnoe-budushee-5d43bf
https://www.inform.kz/ru/yadernoe-razoruzhenie-preventivnaya-diplomatiya-rabotayushaya-na-kazahstan