Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone

The Treaty of Semipalatinsk is an international treaty banning the testing, siting, possession and manufacture of nuclear weapons in Central Asia. He was (formerly Semipalatinsk ) signed on 8 September 2006 by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Kazakhstan Semipalatinsk.

Support

The contract was against the declared will of the great powers Russia and the United States. The USA in particular were afraid before legally binding restrictions on future weapons deployments and the freedom of movement of its nuclear weapons. Russia, however, felt uneasy in the post-Soviet space by the presence of the United States. Finally, Russia and the People's Republic of China welcomed the project, while the Western nuclear powers insisted on an additional agreement, which prohibits Russia to undermine the Treaty through bilateral agreements.

Agreements

The signatory countries hope to gain the contract to make them safer. The calculus is that their own territories when they are nuclear-weapon- free pose no worthwhile targets for nuclear attacks. The contract was signed in the Kazakh city of Semey (the former nuclear test site is known as the old Russian name Semipalatinsk ) signed to recall the testing of nuclear weapons of the Soviet Union on a local test site.

Nuclear-weapon-free zone Treaty of Tlatelolco Treaty of Rarotonga Mongolian Nuclear-Weapons-Free Status Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty September 8 List of states with nuclear weapons

802054