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- 1Kazakhstan's nuclear diplomacy offered as model for Iran talks●Kazakhstan’s nuclear diplomacy experience offers a rare model as talks over Iran’s uranium stockpile face growing techni
Kazakhstan's experience with nuclear disarmament diplomacy is being presented as a rare workable model for resolving the standoff over Iran's uranium stockpile. As negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme face mounting technical and political hurdles, analysts point to Astana's track record — including giving up its own nuclear arsenal and hosting disarmament talks — as lessons for breaking the current impasse.
- 2Tokayev urges nuclear talks 35 years after Semipalatinsk closure●Tokayev has called for renewed negotiations among nuclear powers as Kazakhstan marks 35 years since the closure of the S
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for renewed negotiations among nuclear powers as Kazakhstan marks 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He warned that international arms-control safeguards are weakening and urged nuclear-armed states to return to dialogue. The anniversary highlights Kazakhstan's history as the site of Soviet nuclear testing and its subsequent choice to renounce nuclear weapons.
- 3Kazakhstan offers role in Iran enriched uranium handling●Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a possible technical partner if Iran nuclear talks turn to the handling of enriched
Kazakhstan is positioning itself as a possible technical partner in any future Iran nuclear deal that involves handling enriched uranium. The country, which hosted the symbolic repatriation of Iranian spent fuel in the past, is signalling readiness to support diplomacy and non-proliferation efforts as talks over Iran's nuclear programme intensify, with the IAEA central to any arrangement.