On March 30-31, 2022, Sergey Savelyev, a senior expert of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, took part in the on-line joint conference of the British Pugwash and Pugwash Committee of Kazakhstan.

S.Savelyev stressed that the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZ) are effective means of preventing nuclear proliferation, reducing nuclear threat at regional level, and strengthening international security. Analysis of the goals and specific differences of the existing nuclear-free zones was presented. Particular attention was paid to the issues of provision of negative security assurances to the NWFZ states parties by the nuclear powers, as well as prospects for cooperation between nuclear weapon free zones.

The participants of the Conference were informed about the measures taken within the framework of the Treaty on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia (Semipalatinsk Treaty) to strengthen international security and the nuclear non-proliferation regime.