United States-Kazakhstan Secure Link Agreement

This agreement concerns the technical aspect of the continuing cooperation in the area of arms control information exchange. Moreover, it provides a legal basis for the existence and continued operation of the Government-to-Government Communications Link between the United States and Kazakhstan for the exchange of arms control treaty notifications. It also pledges the U.S. and Kazakhstani sides to communications cooperation in support of any new arms control agreements or arrangements involving information exchange.

The original Nuclear Risk Reduction Center Agreement was signed in 1987 by Former Secretary of State Schultz and then-Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze Because the 1987 agreement did not extend to the successor states upon the breakup of the Soviet Union, separate agreements were required for Ukraine and Kazakhstan.