Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, following the remarks of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on 18 March that the UK’s relationship with Kazakhstan has “great growth potential”, what assessment they have made of Kazakhstan’s support for Russia’s evasion of sanctions.

The UK Government welcomes the public commitments made by the Government of Kazakhstan that it will not be a back door for sanctions evasion. The measures that Kazakhstan is implementing to prevent sanctions circumvention have been part of our bilateral dialogue over the last year. Senior officials from the FCDO sanctions team are visiting Kazakhstan this month to discuss sanctions enforcement with the Kazakh Government. We look forward to ongoing close consultation in this area.