Written question asked by Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated) on Wednesday, 28 February 2024, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 March 2024. It was answered by Lord Offord of Garvel (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 March 2024 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Arms Trade: Central Asia and Russia

Question: 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.

Answer

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.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL2840
Session: 2023-24
Subjects: Armenia Arms trade Russia Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Arms Trade: Central Asia and Russia

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