Recently permanent five has signed the Protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone CANWFZ...........

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Recently permanent five has signed the Protocol to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty. Consider the following regarding the same.

1) Under the treaty five nuclear weapon countries are required to provide assurances not to use nuclear weapons against the parties of the treaty and not to use the threat of the use of nuclear weapons against them.

2) The five countries are required to vacate their military stations, having possession of nuclear weapons, established in the zone.

Select the correct statement/s using codes given below.

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

2nd statement is incorrect i.e. The five countries are required to vacate their military stations, having possession of nuclear weapons, established in the zone.

The Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) treaty is a legally binding commitment by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan not to manufacture, acquire, test, or possess nuclear weapons. The treaty was signed on 8 September 2006 at Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan, and is also known as Treaty of Semipalatinsk, Treaty of Semei, or Treaty of Semey.