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TAJIKISTAN: TAJIKISTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH IAEA ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS.(Interntional Atomic Energy Agency)(Brief Article)

IPR Strategic Business Information Database, July, 2003

Tajikistan has signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) guaranteeing that no fissionable materials under its control will be used to make nuclear weapons, ITAR-TASS and RIA-Novosti reported on 7 July, quoting the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Under the agreement, the IAEA promises not to interfere with Tajikistan's development of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The agreement provides guarantees in accord with the international Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, of which Tajikistan is a signatory. Tajikistan has uranium deposits that were mined in the Soviet era, and Tajik authorities have suggested that the country could develop a nuclear industry of its own. BB

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