The Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) will organize in Istanbul, on the 1st and 2nd of July 2008, a Cross-Regional Workshop on “Twelve Years of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty: Achievement and Perspectives”. The Workshop will have sessions on nuclear disarmament, implementation, verification and monitoring of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and benefits of the Treaty for States Signatories.
More than 60 representatives from 40 different countries are expected to participate in the Workshop. Prior to the opening session of the Workshop, on the 30th of June 2008, the General Director of CTBTO Preparatory Commission, Ambassador Tibor Toth will pay a visit to Ankara and will be received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Babacan.
Turkey will continue to actively support the endeavors of the international community regarding disarmament and arms control.