On holding a round table to discuss peace initiatives of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Elbasy in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation.

On September 16, under the Representative Office of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the United Kingdom, a round table was held to discuss peace initiatives of Elbasy in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation with the participation of leading UK think tanks, experts from two countries and representatives of academia.

As you know, August 29 this year As part of the International Day against Nuclear Tests, the Nazarbayev Peace Prize ceremony was held in the capital of Kazakhstan, during which N.A. Nazarbayev made a number of new theses on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, aimed at strengthening global security and confidence-building measures.

In the framework of the discussion held under the auspices of the Foundation’s Representative Office in London, experts from reputable British think tanks, professors from the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Loughborough and the London School of Economics and Political Science noted the relevance of these initiatives in modern realities, as well as Kazakhstan’s global leadership in promoting peaceful and disarmament ideas.

Representatives of the peace initiatives of Elbasy in the field of non-proliferation and disarmament were presented to the participants by the representative of the Foundation of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Great Britain G. Bekenov and the well-known Kazakhstan artist, activist for a nuclear-free world - Honorary Ambassador of the project ATOM K. Kuyukov, who is on a visit to the United Kingdom, organized by with the assistance of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in London.

According to K. Kuyukov, who had previously opened an exhibition of his anti-nuclear paintings in the British Parliament, held meetings and events in Manchester and Edinburgh, the people of Kazakhstan, who suffered from years of radioactive testing, nevertheless, have not lost their desire for peace and creation and are an example for all progressive humanity with its consistent rejection of weapons of mass destruction.

As part of the round table, a screening of the film  «Where the Wind Blew» by the famous British director A. Singer about the consequences of nuclear test explosions in Kazakhstan and the historical decision of N. A. Nazarbayev on the prohibition of testing and the closure of the landfill in Semey at the dawn of the independence of our state.