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Kazakhstan, Japan Urge CTBT Entry into Force in Strongly Worded Statement

October 29, 2015

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan and Japan have come out with a powerful joint statement calling on the world to make everything needed to ensure the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) and to move towards a world without nuclear weapons.

The statement, signed and issued by President Nursultan Nazarbayev and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Oct. 27, recommitted the two countries, each with its own tragic page of history written by nuclear weapons, to working towards that goal.

CTBT, a treaty that would ban all nuclear tests for any reason, was open for signature in 1996, but still awaits signature or ratification by eight specific countries for it to enter into force.

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