Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Foreign Secretary travels to Central Asia and Mongolia in landmark visit to regionFound: David Cameron will visit Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The noble Lord is aware of the initiatives we have been taking with a number of countries—Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan - Speech Link
Special Report Jan. 25 2024
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)Found: Shortly afterwards, the Foreign Secretary was pleased to meet the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan at
Mentions:
1: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) equipment may be winding up in Russia, such as drone equipment that has been exported to Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Sky News recently reported on sanctions evasion and things being moved via Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Uzbekistan - Speech Link
Nov. 09 2011
Source Page: DFID projects in the Kyrgyz Republic. 2 p.Found: Regional - Centr al Asia HIV/AIDS Programme (Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) Timing:
Mentions:
1: Lord Lilley (Con - Life peer) will disregard such rulings and have already begun to do so by sending an Uzbek asylum seeker back to Uzbekistan - Speech Link
Mar. 12 2024
Source Page: Security and Policing 2024Found: South Korea Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan UAE Ukraine USA Uzbekistan
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what steps he has taken to prevent the transit of items in circumvention of UK sanctions (a) to and (b) from (i) Russia and (ii) Belarus via third countries.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
Along with the EU, US and Japan, the UK has published a list of 50 sensitive technologies and other items Russia is most actively seeking to procure via third countries. Working closely with G7 partners, we have stepped up our engagement with third countries to address circumvention risks, including sending joint delegations to the UAE, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Armenia, to highlight risks and offer technical support. HMG is also setting up the Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation, which will boost the enforcement and implementation of UK trade sanctions.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of drone equipment and heavy machinery going from the UK to Armenia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan which is then sent on to Russia.
Answered by Lord Offord of Garvel - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
HMG has sanctioned every item that Ukraine has found Russia using on the battlefield to date. This includes goods that could be used for drones and heavy machinery.
We maintain a Common High Priority List (CHPL) of items critical to the Russian military, to thwart attempts to circumvent sanctions through third countries.
We continue to engage with relevant countries and monitor our exports for signs of circumvention, to do everything we can to ensure that sanctioned UK technologies do not make it to Russia.
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, if he will hold discussions with international partners on strengthening multilateral approaches to prevent the circumvention of sanctions against Russia through third countries.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK coordinates closely with the EU, US, G7 and other international partners to tackle circumvention via multilateral fora and strategic consultations. Senior officials attend the Sanctions Coordinators Forum in Brussels, most recently in February 2024 focusing on strengthening enforcement of Russia sanctions. With the EU, US and Japan we have agreed a list of 50 Common High Priority items; battlefield-critical components we are targeting through joint diplomatic engagement with third countries. With the US and EU we have jointly engaged with the UAE, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and Serbia, to highlight circumvention risks and offer technical support.