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Kazakhstan not to abandon plans to build nuclear power plant: president

13 October 2011 01:35 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Kazakhstan will not abandon plans to build a nuclear power plant, President Nursultan Nazarbayev said Wednesday at an international forum which opened here, APA reports.

"Forty countries are conducting research in the field of peaceful nuclear energy, 15 building or planning to build nuclear power plants. Kazakhstan is among them," Nazarbayev told the opening of the International Forum for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World.

Kazakhstan sees nuclear power as one of "its future innovation clusters," said the president.

"We have sufficient scientific resources and infrastructure. Strictly following international guidelines, we will ensure a high level of security at all peaceful atom facilities," said Nazarbayev.

"Kazakhstan has always been and will remain the most reliable partner in non-proliferation, disarmament and peaceful uses of nuclear energy, " he added.