ISTANBUL

Kazakhstan on Thursday announced that it has suspended exports of 106 types of goods to Russia, local media reports said.

“Kazakhstan exports all types of commodities, except for 106 specific types of goods (that) it has had to curb,” Kazinform news agency reported, citing Vice-Minister of Trade and Integration Kairat Torebayev.

According to the news agency, Torebayev expressed that Kazakhstan imposed restrictions specifically on the export of drones, their components, chips, and special electronics to Russia.

Kazakhstan “does not manufacture those goods, but only imports them,” Torebayev was quoted as saying.

Last month, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during a press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin that his country would adhere to the sanctions regime imposed by the West on Russia.