We stand in solidarity with our friendly people of Japan - Kazakh MFA

18:38, 12 March 2012

ASTANA. March 12. KAZINFORM As a country that has experienced the consequences of testing at the world's largest Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, since the early days of the tragedy in Japan, we stand in solidarity with our friendly Japanese people, official spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Altay Abibullayev stated at a weekly briefing on Monday.

"Yesterday, the Japanese people and the world marked the anniversary of the tragic events in Japan. The devastating earthquake and tsunami killed tens of thousands of people, destroyed cities, and caused the largest after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster at the station Fukushima-1. The accident resulted in contamination of large areas with radioactive substances," Abibullayev said.

He noted that the Government of Kazakhstan allocated to the Japanese side financial assistance in the amount of USD 1 million. Abibullayev also reminded that, in light of the accident at Fukushima-1 plant, speaking at the UN General Assembly in September 2011, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev proposed to develop universal principles of peaceful uses of atomic energy.

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