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Title:  "US-Kazakh Accord Helps Meet New Proliferation Challenges." Statement by a White House spokesperson regarding the US-Kazakhstan agreement to transfer 600 kilograms of enriched uranium from Kazakhstan to the US. (941123)

Date:  19941123

Text:
U.S.-KAZAKH ACCORD HELPS MEET NEW PROLIFERATION CHALLENGES (Text: Dee Dee Myers statement on U.S.-Kazakh accord) (410) Washington -- The U.S.-Kazakhstan agreement on the transfer of vulnerable nuclear materials from Kazakhstan to safe storage in the United States represents "an historic step toward meeting the proliferation challenges of the post Cold War era," says White House Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers.

President Clinton has identified nonproliferation as a key national security objective and "ensuring the security of nuclear materials is one of the key components of the administration's strategy," Myers said in a statement released November 23.

Following is the text of Myers' statement: (begin text) In an historic step toward meeting the proliferation challenges of the post-Cold War era, the United States and Kazakhstan today completed the successful transfer of vulnerable nuclear materials from Kazakhstan to safe storage in the United States. The weapons-grade materials remained in Kazakhstan following the break-up of the Soviet Union.

The government of Kazakhstan approached the United States early in 1994 concerning approximately 600 kilograms of highly enriched uranium on its territory. Kazakhstan was concerned about the security of the material and asked for U.S. assistance in removing it to safe storage. As part of its commitment to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Kazakhstan has been taking careful measures to implement full-scope safeguards under the International Atomic Energy Agency. Kazakhstan wished to see the material removed from its territory before the safeguards are put in place in December.

The United States and Kazakhstan worked closely together to achieve this important success in securing these vulnerable nuclear materials. President Clinton congratulates the U.S. and Kazakhstani teams, which safely carried out the mission, and warmly commends President Nursultan Nazarbayev for his international leadership in nuclear nonproliferation. The president looks forward to future cooperation with President Nazarbayev to achieve our mutual nonproliferation goals.

The president has identifies nonproliferation as a key national security objective for his administration. With the end of the Cold War, the risk of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has increased. Ensuring the security of nuclear materials is one of the key components of the administration's strategy. Through programs such as Nunn-Lugar and other denuclearization initiatives, important progress has been made to build a move secure international environment. Today's transfer of weapons-grade nuclear materials from Kazakhstan to a secure facility in the United States in another critical part of this effort.

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File Identification:  11/23/94, TXT306; 11/23/94, AXF304; 11/23/94, EPF306; 11/23/94, EUR305; 11/23/94, LEF311; 11/23/94, NEA306; 11/23/94, ERF314
Product Name:  Wireless File
Product Code:  WF
Languages:  Russian
Keywords:  KAZAKHSTAN-US RELATIONS; NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION; URANIUM; NUCLEAR SAFETY; TREATIES & AGREEMENTS; SECURITY MEASURES
Document Type:   TXT
Thematic Codes:  1AC
Target Areas:  AF; AR; EA; EU; NE
PDQ Text Link:  368630
USIA Notes:  *94112306.TXT