Bilateral Relations

General information

The diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan were established on August 27, 1992.

Since June 1993, the embassy of the Republic of Armenia has been operating in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Since March 2007, the embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan has been operating in the Republic of Armenia.

In February 2021, Bolat Imanbayev has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Armenia.

In April 2022, Armen Ghevondyan has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Visits to Kazakhstan

May 2024	Minister of FA of RA A.Mirzoyan (working visit)
February 2024	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
January 2024	Minister of Defense S.Papikyan (official visit)
February 2023	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
October 2022	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
October 2022	Minister of FA of RA A.Mirzoyan (working visit)
February 2022	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
June 2021	President of RA A. Sargsyan (working visit)
February 2021	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
January 2020	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
May 2019	President of RA A.Sargsyan (working visit)
May 2019	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
November 2018	Prime-minister of RA N.Pashinyan (working visit)
November 2018	Minister of FA of RA Z.Mnatsakanyan (working visit)
June 2018	Minister of FA of RA Z.Mnatsakanyan (working visit)
February 2018	Prime-minister of RA K.Karapetyan (working visit)
August 2017	Prime-minister of RA K.Karapetyan (working visit)
June 2017	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
May 2016	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
October 2015	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
October 2015	Minister of FA of RA E.Nalbandyan
May 2015	Prime-minister of RA H.Abrahamyan (working visit)
May 2014	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
August 2011	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
December 2010	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
July 2010	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
July 2010	Minister of FA of RA E.Nalbandyan
December 2009	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
October 2009	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
December 2008	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
July 2008	President of RA S.Sargsyan (working visit)
November 2006	President of RA R.Kocharyan
June 2006	Minister of FA of RA V.Oskanyan
September 1999	President of RA R.Kocharyan
January 1993	President of RA L.Тer-Petrosyan

Visits to Armenia

October 2024	Prime Minister of RK O.Bektenov (working visit)
April 2024	President of RK K.Tokayev (official visit)
March 2024	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of FA of RK M.Nurtleu (working visit)
November 2022	President of RK K.Tokayev (working visit)
November 2022	Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of FA of RK M.Tleuberdi (working visit)
October 2022	President of RK K.Tokayev (working visit)
October 2022	Prime Minister of RK A.Smailov (working visit)
November 2021	Prime Minister of RK A.Mamin (working visit)
October 2020	Prime Minister of RK A.Mamin (working visit)
September 2019	President of RK K.Tokayev (working visit)
April 2019	Prime Minister of RK A.Mamin (working visit)
October 2017	Prime Minister of RK B.Sagintayev (working visit)
October 2016	Prime Minister of RK B.Sagintayev (working visit)
October 2016	Minister of FA of RK E.Idrisov (working visit)
July 2016	Minister of FA of RK E.Idrisov (working visit)
May 2016	Prime Minister of RK K.Masimov (working visit)
July 2012	Minister of Defense of RK A.Zhaksybekov (official visit)
August 2010	President of RK N.Nazarbayev (working visit)
February 2010	Secretary of State, Minister of FA of RK K.Saudabayev (working visit)
May 2001	President of RK N.Nazarbayev (official visit)

On October 14, 2024 Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia N.Pashinyan and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev had a phone conversation.

On March 18, 2024 in the framework of working visit of Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs of RK to Armenia action plan for cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2024-2025 was signed.

On April 12-13, 2024 discussions between the legal services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the RА and the RК on issues of inventory and improvement of the legal framework took place․

On October 7, 2022․ political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the RА and the RК were held.

Legal framework

About 5 dozen documents have been signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan, including “The Treaty on Friendship and Cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan”, the 25th anniversary of which was celebrated on September 2, 2024.

Agreement between the National Agency for Copyrights under the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the State Agency for Copyright and Related Rights of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the management of authors' property rights on a collective basis and on mutual legal assistance –
Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan of 1992 – signed in December 1991 Declared invalid
Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan on the procedure for the settlement of debt obligations and the processing of interstate credit in 1992 - signed on January 19, 1993 Declared invalid
Agreement on the principles of trade and economic cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan of 1993 - signed on January 19, 1993
Agreement on the fundamentals of relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan – signed on January 19, 1993
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade and economic cooperation of 1994 – signed on December 24, 1993 Declared invalid
Agreement on cooperation between the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia and the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the organization of settlements in 1994 - signed on December 24, 1993
Agreement on cooperation and interaction between the Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Security of the Republic of Armenia and the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on May 16, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the establishment of a joint commission for economic cooperation - signed on December 24, 1993 Declared invalid
Agreement on free trade between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on September 2, 1999
Agreement on cooperation and mutual recognition of customs documents and customs regulations between the Ministry of State Revenues of the Republic of Armenia and the Customs Committee of the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on September 2, 1999
Agreement between the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Armenia and the Customs Committee of the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation and mutual assistance in the prevention and return of cultural values illegally transported across borders - signed on September 2, 1999 Declared invalid
Agreement between the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Armenia and the Customs Committee of the Ministry of State Revenue of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in combating smuggling and violation of customs rules, as well as the illicit circulation of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and components - signed on September 2, 1999 Declared invalid
Agreement on air transport between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on September 2, 1999
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters - signed on September 2, 1999 Declared invalid
Treaty on friendship and cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on September 2, 1999
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the exchange of legal information - signed on May 23, 2001
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology, certification and accreditation - signed on May 23, 2001
Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on May 23, 2001
Agreement on cooperation in the field of judicial examination between the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on May 23, 2001
Agreement on cooperation in the field of archival work between the Ministry of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Culture, Information and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on October 12, 2005
Minutes of the first meeting of the Armenian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on October 12, 2005
Agreement on cooperation between the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on November 6, 2006
Agreement on cooperation in the field of culture between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on November 6, 2006
Agreement on mutual visits of citizens between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on November 6, 2006
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on international road transport - signed on November 6, 2006
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the promotion and mutual protection of investments - signed on November 6, 2006
Convention for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to income and capital between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on November 6, 2006
Agreement on cooperation in the field of agriculture between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on May 15, 2009
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of education and science - signed on April 26, 2010
Agreement on military-technical cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan – signed on June 5, 2012
Agreement on cooperation between the Control Chamber of the Republic of Armenia and the Republican Budget Execution Control Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on September 5, 2013
Program on cultural cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2015-2017 – signed on October 8, 2014
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field of civil defense, prevention and elimination of emergency situations - signed on September 12, 2018
Agreement in the form of an exchange of declarations on the procedure for recognizing official documents confirming residency issued by the authorized bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Armenia within the framework of the Convention between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Government of the Republic of Armenia for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to income and property and the protocol thereto of November 6, 2006 - signed on November 1, 2018 and August 22, 2018
Agreement on cooperation in the field of healthcare between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan – signed on October 25, 2018
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on trade and economic cooperation in the field of petroleum products supply to the Republic of Armenia – signed on July 16, 2020
Program of cooperation activities between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022-2023 - signed on December 3, 2021
2023-2025 cooperation program in the field of culture between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on April 28, 2023
Protocol on the results of consultations between the legal services of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan for the purpose of inventorying and improving the Armenian-Kazakh legal and contractual basis - signed on May 20, 2022
On the intentions of cooperation between the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the social and labor sphere - signed on April 28, 2023
Action Plan for 2024-2025 between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan – signed on March 18, 2024
Joint statement by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia N.V. Pashinyan and the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev – signed on April 15, 2024
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the procedure for visits and stay of citizens - signed on April 15, 2024
Agreement on cooperation in the field of migration between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on April 15, 2024
Protocol on amendments and additions to the November 6, 2006 agreement on international road traffic between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan – signed on April 15, 2024
Memorandum of understanding between the Aviation Authorities of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on April 15, 2024
Memorandum of cooperation between the staff of the Governor of Armavir Region of the Republic of Armenia and the Administration of the Аkim of Mangystau Region of the Republic of Kazakhstan - signed on April 15, 2024
On cooperation and sister city status between Vanadzor community and Shymkent city - signed on April 15, 2024
Road map for trade and economic cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2024-2025 – signed on April 15, 2024
Memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of High-Tech Industry of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan on cooperation in the field Information communication technology (ICT) - signed on April 15, 2024
Cooperation program in the field of physical culture and sports between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2024-2026 - signed on April 15, 2024
Agreement on cooperation and becoming sister city between the city of Yerevan (Republic of Armenia) and the city of Astana (Republic of Kazakhstan) - signed on April 15, 2024

Cultural sphere

On October 15-16, 2024, Days of Armenian Culture were held in Kazakhstan.

Trade and economic relations

On April 2, 2024 the 10th session of the Armenian-Kazakh intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was held through video conference.

Trade turnover volume between Armenia and Kazakhstan from 2020 to 2024 /in million US Dollars/

	total turnover	export	import (according to the country of origin)	import (according to the country of consignment)
2024 (January-October)	79,5	44,5	23,3	35
2023	116.5	79,8	30,2	36,7
2022	45,6	18,6	23,6	27
2021	19,1	11	7,7	8,9
2020	13,1	6,6	5,7	6,5

Main imported goods

Raw materials, prepared food products, base metals and products made from them, etc.

Main exported goods

Plastics, caoutchouc, rubber products, footwear, hats, etc

Updated on 23.12.2024

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