According to Arman Shakkaliyev, minister of trade of Kazakhstan, there was not a single case of breaching sanctions imposed by the EU against Russia over the past six months.
As the official noted, when David O’Sullivan, International Special Envoy for the Implementation of EU Sanctions visited Astana in November 2023, he expressed his satisfaction with Kazakhstan’s cooperation in the sphere of export control and sanction regime against Russia.
How does export control work? According to Shakkaliyev, Kazakhstan and the EU regularly exchange information and adjust the list of goods subject to export control right after each change in sanction lists.