General Information
December 1996 – diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and former Union Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia is the assignee of the Union Republic of Yugoslavia) were established.
June 2011 – Embassy of Serbia in Astana was opened.
June 2015 – Representative office of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hungary was opened in Belgrade. Member of the Parliament of Serbia M.Karic was appointed as an Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Serbia.
July 2019 - a presidential Decree on opening Embassies of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Serbia was signed.
Since 2019 – Mr. Gabit Syzdykbekov was appointed as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Serbia.
Since May 2017 – Mr. Vladan Matic was appointed as an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Serbia to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Political relationship
Political relations between the two countries are developing in atmosphere of mutual understanding and trust. Their positions on the most important issues of international agenda are close or coincide.
Serbia has been a consistent supporter of Kazakhstan's bid for the OSCE chairmanship and the holding of «EXPO 2017» in Astana, and has also supported Kazakhstan's candidacy for the post of non-permanent member of the UN security Council for 2017-2018.
Kazakhstan, for its part, supported Serbia’s candidacy for the chairmanship of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in 2012-2013, as well for the Commission on Population and Development of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in 2014.
Kazakhstan and Serbia support political dialogue. «Parliamentary Friendship Groups» have been formed in the parliaments of the both countries. Meetings of the MPs' of the two countries are held annually.
Visits on the highest level
October 6-7, 2010 – the first official visit of the President of Serbia B.Tadic to Kazakhstan.
May 8, 2015 – Presidents N.Nazarbayev and T.Nicolic met in Moscow.
August 27-29, 2015 – official visit of the President of Serbia T.Nikolic to Kazakhstan.
August 23-25, 2016 – the first official visit of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev to Serbia.
June 9, 2017 – the President of the Republic of Serbia A.Vucic participated in the opening ceremony of EXPO 2017 in Astana.
October 9-10, 2018 – official visit of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić in Kazakhstan.
Visits on the level of the prime-ministers
November 14-16, 2016 – an official visit of the Prime - minister of the Republic of Serbia A.Vucic to Kazakhstan.
Contacts at the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
November 17-18, 2011 – an official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia V.Eremich to Kazakhstan.
December 3-4, 2015 – the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan E.Idrissov took part in OSCE Ministerial Council (Belgrade).
December 11, 2017 – working visit of the First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan I. Dacic.
December 6, 2018 – a working meeting of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan K.Abdrakhmanov with the First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign affairs of Serbia I. Dacic (Milan, within the framework of the OSCE Ministerial Council).