Semipalatinsk test site

Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for renewed negotiations among nuclear-armed states as Kazakhstan marked 35 years since the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site. He warned that global arms-control safeguards are weakening and urged world powers to return to dialogue on disarmament. Kazakhstan closed the site in 1991 after decades of Soviet nuclear testing, and its anniversary has become a recurring moment for calls to reduce nuclear risks.