Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

MOSCOW: Turkmen capital hosts regional nuclear conference

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • MOSCOW: Turkmen capital hosts regional nuclear conference

    Turkmen capital hosts regional nuclear conference

    Interfax news agency, Moscow
    6 Jun 05

    ASGABAT

    A regional conference of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
    Organization [CNTBTO] was opened in Asgabat [Turkmen capital] on
    Monday [6 June].

    "The treaty, which meets the interests of the whole world community,
    is an efficient factor in preventing attempts to develop nuclear
    weapons and in promoting nuclear non-proliferation, which in many
    respects serve to reduce global and regional tensions," a CNTBTO
    representative, Moshen Ashtiani [Dr Moshen Chafuri-Ashtiani the
    Iranian President of the International Institute of Earthquake
    Engineering and Seismology, he is involved with the CNTBTO Preparatory
    Commission], stressed during the opening of the conference.

    The three-day forum is being held with the support of the Turkmen
    government.

    The theme of the conference is "The Significance, Advantages and the
    Current State of Work on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty in
    Central Asia and Caucasus". Specialists from Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan,
    Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
    are participating in the conference.

    The Turkmen side is represented by specialists from the National
    Research Institute of Seismology at the Supreme Council on Science and
    Technology under the Turkmen president, and specialists from the
    Defence Ministry and the Turkmengeologiya [Turkmen geology] state
    corporation.

    Turkmenistan jointed the CNTBTO in September 1996, and this document
    was ratified by the country's parliament in February 1998.
Working...
X