In September 2004, the text of a draft Treaty had been agreed upon in Samarkand, and consultations between experts of the Central Asian States and the nuclear-weapon States had followed in October and December of the same year.
2004年9月，在撒马尔罕商定了《条约》草案的案文，同年10月和12月，中亚国家与核武器国家的专家一起进行了协商。