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Trade Agreements: Kazakhstan

Asked by Martin RhodesLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 March 2026UIN 120221

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when his Department plans to publish the UK-Kazakhstan critical minerals agreement.

Answered by Chris McDonald

The UK-Kazakhstan Memorandum of Understanding on Critical Minerals Cooperation has not been published and there are no plans to do so. However, it is referenced in UK's Critical Minerals Strategy published in November 2025.

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