Kazakhstan was deeply saddened to hear about the incident that occurred in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip and expresses its condolences to the families of those killed and injured.
We believe it is essential to provide the population of the Gaza Strip with international humanitarian assistance.
Kazakhstan, having shut sown the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and voluntarily renounced the arsenal of nuclear weapons, warmly welcomes the signing of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between Russia and the United States.
Your Excellencies,
Distinguished Ambassadors and heads of missions,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Our meetings on the New Year’s Eve have already become a good tradition that provides opportunity to inform you, to exchange views on the current situation in our country, on the diplomatic efforts to strengthen the relations with countries you represent.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs categorically repudiates certain news media reports alleging Kazakhstan’s connection to a possible deal to supply uranium to Iran and considers them groundless insinuations damaging the reputation of our country.
As is known, Kazakhstan has voluntarily renounced the world’s fourth largest nuclear and missile arsenal, shut down the world’s second largest Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, and is one of the recognized leaders of the global process of disarmament and nonproliferation.
