House Lawmakers: Nazarbayev and Mass Destruction

house lawmakers: Referring to Nazarbayev planned visit on Wednesday to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Kishida said it will be a chance to show the two countries close cooperation in nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation efforts, according to The Japan Times. In a speech before Upper House lawmakers at the Diet the same day, Nazarbayev called on Japan, the only country to have been attacked with nuclear bombs, to work together for eliminating such weapons from the world. Their agreement, made in a meeting in Tokyo, comes as Kazakhstan is set to serve as a nonpermanent Security Council member starting in 2017. Kazakhstan and Japan have suffered from the destructive power of weapons of mass destruction, Nazarbayev said. Nazarbayev also used the opportunity to push economic cooperation between Japan and his country, saying the two countries can complement each other. Given that Kazakhstan has struggled with radiation damage caused by Soviet-era nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, he has been working actively for global nuclear disarmament. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.