Kyrgyzstan

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed but not yet ratified the TPNW

SIGNED

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

SIGNED

26 September 2025

RATIFIED

IN FORCE

Status

Kyrgyzstan has signed but not yet ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Signature

The minister of foreign affairs of Kyrgyzstan, Zheenbek Kulubaev, signed the TPNW in New York on 26 September 2025, the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

“This step represents a natural continuation of our principled commitment to a nuclear-weapon-free world, as well as a reaffirmation of the choice we made when, together with our neighbours, we established a nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia,” he said that day.

In an interview prior to the signing, he explained: “We believe security comes from cooperation and trust, not weapons. That’s why we decided to join the [TPNW]. We want a world free of nuclear threats for future generations.”

In announcing its decision to join the TPNW earlier in the year, Kyrgyzstan said that it is “committed to ensuring that future generations live without the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction”.

Zheenbek Kulubaev, the minister of foreign affairs of Kyrgyzstan, signs the TPNW in 2025. Photo: ICAN

National position

Kyrgyzstan has consistently abstained from voting on an annual UN General Assembly resolution since 2018 that welcomes the adoption of the TPNW and calls upon all states to sign, ratify, or accede to it “at the earliest possible date”.

TPNW negotiations

Kyrgyzstan did not formally participate in the negotiation of the TPNW at the United Nations in New York in 2017 and thus did not vote on its adoption.

Before the negotiations

In 2016, Kyrgyzstan abstained from voting in the first committee of the UN General Assembly on a resolution that established the formal mandate for states to commence negotiations on “a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”.

Kyrgyzstan was among 127 states that endorsed a “humanitarian pledge” in 2015–16 to cooperate “in efforts to stigmatise, prohibit, and eliminate nuclear weapons”. The pledge was instrumental in building momentum and support for convening the TPNW negotiations.

Further information

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor

Kyrgyzstan

Nuclear-weapon-free state

Has signed but not yet ratified the TPNW

Status

Signature

National position

TPNW negotiations

Before the negotiations

Further information

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