The Semipalatinsk Treaty at 20: Enduring Logic of Nuclear-Free Central Asia
<p>The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world.</p> <p>Twenty years ago today, representatives of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Semipalatinsk, now Semey, to sign a treaty that would make Central Asia the first nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Northern Hemisphere. It was also the first such zone established in a region where nuclear weapons had actually been tested and deployed. I…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://astanatimes.com/2026/09/the-semipalatinsk-treaty-at-20-enduring-logic-of-nuclear-free-central-asia/">The Semipalatinsk Treaty at 20: Enduring Logic of Nuclear-Free Central Asia</a> appeared first on <a href="https://astanatimes.com">The Astana Times</a>.</p>