On respectively 24-25 April, the European Union (EU) organised training workshops in Kazakhstan on EU sanctions. The primary aim of the workshops was to raise EU sanctions awareness and to facilitate cooperation on how to counter possible sanctions circumvention tactics.

The meeting on the first day gathered government officials. The workshop on the second day was targeted to Kazakh private operators, interested to improve their awareness of EU sanctions. The workshop coincided with a visit of EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan to both countries.