Kazakhstan takes part in meeting of Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in Helsinki

    A plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) was held in Helsinki on June 16-17.
    The Kazakh delegation was led by Ambassador of Kazakhstan in Finland, Galymzhan Koishybayev.
    The event was attended by approximately 200 representatives from the GICNT partner nations, co-chairs of the initiative (USA, Russia), observers and five international organizations.
    "Kazakhstan as an active participant in international efforts for the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and combating international terrorism, brings a significant contribution to this initiative.
    As a result, Astana hosted the third meeting of the GICNT on June 11-12 2007 and in September 2010 the capital hosted the Conference on Combating the Financing of Terrorism of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism," the Kazakh Foreign Ministry said.
    At the plenary meeting of the GICNT, the partner countries summarizing their efforts for the last two-years, reaffirmed their commitment to fully-contribute to the achievement of new goals and objectives of the initiatives and to work closely to implement them, according to Akipress.