Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Arab Republic of Egypt were established on 6 March 1992.
The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the ARE was opened in April 1993. Since March 2017, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the ARE is Isagaliev Arman Kairatovich.
The Egyptian Embassy in Kazakhstan has been operating since August 1992. Since September 2018, Ms. Manal al-Shinawi has been the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Republic of Kazakhstan
The most important event in the history of Kazakh-Egyptian relations was the first official visit of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev in February 1993 to the Arab Republic of Egypt Republic, which determined the nature of the interaction of the two countries across the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation.
The official visits of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev to Egypt in March 2007 and May 2008, as well as the official visits of the Presidents of the ARE H. Mubarak in November 2006 and A.F. As-Sisi in February 2016 to Kazakhstan gave a powerful impetus to the further strengthening and development of cooperation between the two countries in all areas of mutual cooperation.
Over the past years, the parties exchanged numerous visits at various levels, among which were visits by the Chairpersons of Parliaments, members of Governments, heads of various ministries and departments of Kazakhstan and Egypt. Six rounds of political consultations were held between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries.
A striking example of successful cooperation and a high level of trust between our countries in a multilateral format is reaching an agreement on mutual support of the two countries' candidates for non-permanent members of the UN Security Council: Egypt for 2016-2017. and Kazakhstan for 2017-2018.
Egypt signed and ratified the Charter of the Islamic Organization for Food Security, as well as the Agreement on participation in the specialized exhibition "EXPO-2017".
Egypt also supported Kazakhstan’s initiatives to declare August 29 - International Day for a world free of nuclear weapons, as well as the idea of convening CICA and the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
The active participation of Sheikh Al-Azhar, the Supreme Imam and Minister of Vacufs of Egypt in the conferences of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions held in 2003, 2006, 2009 and 2018 and the Supreme Mufti, who represented Sheikh Al-Azhar in 2015 in the city of Nur Sultan in many respects contributed to the success of this forum and strengthened its authority as an active dialogue platform on interfaith issues.
Close cooperation has been established in the trade and economic sphere. Five meetings of the Kazakh-Egyptian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic, cultural and humanitarian, scientific and technical cooperation were held.
The trade turnover between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Egypt in 2017 amounted to $ 62.4 million, in 2018 - $ 83.9 million, in 2019 - $ 97.81 million.
Special place of the cooperation of culture is occupied by the topic of the historical heritage of Sultan Beibars, the outstanding ruler of Egypt and Syria in the 13th century, who was born in the Kazakh steppe. Currently, work is underway to restore the Sultan Beibars Mosque in Cairo.
Between 2012 and 2019 the artists of the Astana City Philharmonic and the Opera and Ballet Theater named after K. Baiseitova, the folklore ensembles Akzhelen and Murager from the Atyrau region, the Almaty Regional Philharmonic named after Suyunbai, the folk art ensemble Sayuyunbai, and the folk art ensemble Sayuyunbai visited Egypt to participate in folk festivals and other events organized by the Embassy. The folk group "Beles", concerts of the "Kazakh Ely Classic" orchestra of folk and symphonic music of the Kazakh National University of Arts under the direction of A. Musakhodzhaeva were held in the opera houses of Cairo and Alexandria.
In the period from 20-28 November 2018 in the competitive program of the 40th anniversary of the Cairo International Film Festival took part Kazakh movies "Tender Indifference of the World" and "River". In addition, the out-of-competition section featured the film “Aika” by Kazakhstani and Russian director Sergei Dvortsovoy, starring with Samal Yeslyamova, who won the first prize at the Cannes International Film Festival in the nomination “For Best Actress” for the first time in the history of the former post-Soviet republics. S. Yeslyamova entered the jury of the Cairo Film Festival.
In November 2019 in Cairo, at the headquarters of the High Council for Cultural Affairs of Egypt, was held a presentation of anthologies of modern Kazakh poetry and prose in Arabic. Anthologies of Kazakh prose and poetry have been delivered to more than 5 thousand libraries, universities and research centers of 22 countries, which are members of the League of Arab States with a readership of 500 million people.
In October 2016, a grand opening ceremony of the monument to the great Kazakh poet, writer and enlightener Abay Kunanbaiuly took place in Cairo. The bust is set in one of Cairo’s most beautiful central parks - the Freedom and Friendship Park.
More than 100 Kazakhstani students are studying in Egyptian universities.
The legal framework of Kazakhstan-Egypt relations is represented by 50 bilateral documents.