§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions(a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) other representatives of the Government have had with representatives of the Government of Kazakhstan concerning the (i) storage, (ii) disposal and (iii) security of ex-Soviet (A) biological and (B) chemical weapons located in Kazakhstan; and if he will make a statement. [136308]
§ Mr. IngramWe are not aware of any discussions with the Government of Kazakhstan concerning the storage, disposal, or security of possible ex-Soviet biological and chemical weapons located in Kazakhstan.
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), a state is obliged to declare any chemical weapons (CW) on their territory. Kazakhstan is a state party to the CWC and has not declared any CW being located in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan is not a state party to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.