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<text>
<title>
Kazakhstan Ministry Denies Nuclear Proliferation Report
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<article>
<hdr>
Foreign Broadcast Information Service, March 2, 1992
Kazakhstan: Ministry Denies Nuclear Proliferation Reports
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<body>
<p>["Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Kazakhstan: The Nuclear Bluff". Alma-Ata EKSPRESS in Russian
29 Jan 92 p 1]
</p>
<p> [Text] Despite numerous statements by the Kazakhstan
leadership on fulfilling its obligations in regard to nuclear
arms nonproliferation, the foreign mass media continue to
publish untruthful reports that the republic is conducting trade
in this type of weaponry. At the end of last week, such a report
appeared in a British newspaper, THE DAILY MAIL, maintaining
that Iran is attempting to buy intercontinental ballistic
nuclear missiles from Kazakhstan. It alleges that it became
possible to obtain them fully assembled after Kazakhstan gained
its independent statehood. The report also says that President
N. Nazarbayez has allegedly already paid at least two
unannounced visits to Teheran and discussed the terms of the
deal there.
</p>
<p> It is not the first time such conjectures have been
published in the press, which shows quite clearly their
organized nature. The entire logic of events suggests that these
actions pursue a goal of damaging Kazakhstan's international
reputation on the eve of its acceptance into the United Nations.
One gets the impression that by presenting the republic's policy
in a perverted way before the world community, the authors of
such materials consciously nurture in people's minds a distrust
towards Kazakhstan and its leadership.
</p>
<p> The Republic of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
condemns the dissemination of false information on the nuclear
arms trade with whomever and on N. Nazarbayev's secret trips to
Tehran. During his recent meetings with British Home Secretary
Douglas Hurd, French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas, and U.S.
Assistant Secretary of State Reginald Bartholomew, President
Nursultan Nazarbayev once again confirmed his position
regarding Kazakhstan's participation in the disarmament and
nuclear nonproliferation processes, which met with understanding
on the part of the representatives of the foreign affairs
agencies of these countries.
</p>
<p> It would have been unforgivable for these provocative
materials to damage the mutual understanding that is emerging
with such difficulty in the resolution of one of the most
important current issues.
</p>
</body>
</article>
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