KAZAKHSTAN AND JAPAN SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO COOPERATE IN THE PEACEFUL USES OF NUCLEAR POWER

Tokyo, March 2: The agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Japan for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed by the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Japan Akylbek Kamaldinov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Katsuya Okada. The signing of the agreement follows agreements reached during a visit by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev to Japan in 2008 and a visit of the Prime Minister of Japan Junichiro Koizumi to Kazakhstan in 2006.

The agreement is the basic document for the development of cooperation between the two countries in the field of nuclear energy, implementation of which will further strengthen the strategic partnership between Kazakhstan and Japan.