Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan did not participate in the negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in 2017, but has consistently voted in favour of the annual UN General Assembly resolutions on the Treaty. Since 2021 it has also been one of the co-sponsors of the resolution, including in 2024. Turkmenistan maintains policies and practices that are compatible with all of the prohibitions in Article 1 of the TPNW, and can therefore sign and ratify or accede to the Treaty without the need for a change in conduct.
TPNW Status
| Key weapons of mass destruction treaties | ||
|---|---|---|
| NUCLEAR WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the TPNW | No | |
| Party to the NPT | Yes (Acceded 1994) | |
| Ratified the CTBT | Yes (Ratified 1998) | |
| Party to an NWFZ | Yes (Ratified 2008, Semipalatinsk) | |
| CSA with the IAEA | Yes (In force 2006) | |
| AP with the IAEA | Yes (In force 2006) | |
| BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS | ||
| Party to the BWC | Yes (Acceded 1996) | |
| Party to the CWC | Yes (Ratified 1994) | |
| TPNW Art. 1(1) prohibitions: Compatibility in 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| (a) | Develop, produce, manufacture, acquire | Compatible |
| Possess or stockpile | Compatible | |
| Test | Compatible | |
| (b) | Transfer | Compatible |
| (c) | Receive transfer or control | Compatible |
| (d) | Use | Compatible |
| Threaten to use | Compatible | |
| (e) | Assist, encourage or induce | Compatible |
| (f) | Seek or receive assistance | Compatible |
| (g) | Allow stationing, installation, deployment | Compatible |
| TPNW voting and participation | |
|---|---|
| UNGA resolution on TPNW (latest vote) | Voted yes (2024) |
| Participated in 2MSP (2023) | No |
| Participated in 1MSP (2022) | No |
| Average MSP delegation size (% women) | N/A |
| Adoption of TPNW (7 July 2017) | N/A |
| Participated in TPNW negotiations (2017) | No |
| Negotiation mandate (A/RES/71/258) | Did not vote |
| Fissile material | |
|---|---|
| Nuclear facilities | No |
| Fissile material production | No |
| HEU stocks | No |
| Plutonium stocks | No |
| SQP with the IAEA | No |
Latest developments
In December 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan hosted a meeting of states parties to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty with the objective of ‘intensify[ing] cooperation among the five existing nuclear-weapon-free zones present in the world’.1
At the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Preparatory Committee session in July 2024, the five states parties to the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone treaty – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – noted that they ‘have committed themselves voluntarily and unequivocally to ban the production, acquisition and deployment of nuclear weapons and their components or other nuclear explosive devices on their territories’.2
Recommendations
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Turkmenistan should urgently adhere to the TPNW.