Kazak president vows to tighten arms export controls

Kazak president vows to tighten arms export controls

TOKYO, Japan - President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakstan (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi shake hands at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 6 after signing a joint statement. In the statement, Kazakstan, which has faced international criticism for exporting MiG-21 fighters to North Korea, promised to tighten controls on arms exports.

CROATIA-SLATINA-FIGHTER JET-CRASH

CROATIA-SLATINA-FIGHTER JET-CRASH

(221206) -- SLATINA (CROATIA), Dec. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Police officers work near an uninhabited forest area where a fighter jet crashed near the city of Slatina, Croatia, on Dec. 6, 2022. A Croatian MIG-21 fighter jet crashed in northeastern Croatia at around 2 p.m. (1300 GMT) on Tuesday. The two pilots successfully ejected and landed safely, the Croatian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. (Ivica Galovic/PIXSELL via Xinhua)

ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-MILITARY AIRCRAFT-CRASH-DEATH TOLL

ROMANIA-BUCHAREST-MILITARY AIRCRAFT-CRASH-DEATH TOLL

(220303) -- BUCHAREST, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 11, 2022 shows an IAR 330 Puma helicopter at Mihail Kogalniceanu air base in Romania. Seven bodies were found in a helicopter crashed on Wednesday night in Romania while searching for a fighter jet, bringing the double-crash death toll by two more than previously announced. The IAR 330 Puma helicopter took off around 20:21, in a search and rescue mission for the MiG 21 Lancer jet. (Photo by Cristian Cristel/Xinhua)

Kazak president vows to tighten arms export controls

Kazak president vows to tighten arms export controls

TOKYO, Japan - President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakstan (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi shake hands at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 6 after signing a joint statement. In the statement, Kazakstan, which has faced international criticism for exporting MiG-21 fighters to North Korea, promised to tighten controls on arms exports.