Kazakhstan launches international ATOM project

Azerbaijan, Baku, Aug. 29 / Trend E. Kosolapova / Kazakhstan has today launched an international ATOM project aimed at supporting its initiatives in the field of nuclear disarmament, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan Serik Primbetov told journalists in Baku on Wednesday. According to the diplomat, the name of the project is made up of the first letters of the four words in the English language - Abolish, Testing - Our Mission. The project is implemented under the patronage of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. "Website www.theATOMProject.org has been launched as part of the project, relevant videos and documentaries prepared and are now ready for broadcast on the world's major channels as well as the project pages in all the major social networks having been created," Primbetov said. Today is International Day against Nuclear Tests, declared by the UN at the initiative of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is one of the countries actively advocating for the creation of a nuclear-free world. Earlier the country voluntarily renounced the world's fourth nuclear potential. "Showing an example of voluntary renunciation of nuclear weapons and complete disarmament, Kazakhstan and its leader remain active participants in the global non-proliferation process and building a world free of nuclear weapons," he said. Today Astana hosts the international conference 'From banning nuclear tests to a world free of nuclear weapons'. Do you have any feedback? Contact our journalist at agency@trend.az