KAZAKH-QATAR BILATERAL RELATIONS

General information

A joint communiqué on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Qatar was signed on July 1, 1993.

The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Doha was opened in May 2007. Since September 2, 2020, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Qatar is A.K. Issagaliyev.

The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the Republic of Kazakhstan has been operating since March 2008. From May 20, 2024, the Ambassador of the State of Qatar is Abdullah Hussain Muhammad Jaber.

 

Interaction in the political sphere

Kazakh-Qatari relations are distinguished by active contacts at the highest level.

On December 6-7, 2024, the Head of State K.K. Tokayev visited Qatar on a working visit as part of his participation in the Doha Forum conference.

On February 13-14, 2024, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev paid a state visit to Qatar. As part of the visit, bilateral talks were held with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

On October 5, 2023, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a telephone conversation with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. During the conversation, prospects for further strengthening bilateral cooperation in the trade and economic spheres were discussed.

On June 7-8, 2023, the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh T. Al Thani, paid a working visit to Kazakhstan as part of his participation in the Astana International Forum. During the visit, the heads of state discussed a number of issues to expand trade, economic, investment, cultural and humanitarian cooperation.

On October 12-13, 2022, the state visit of the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh T.Al Thani, to Kazakhstan took place. As a result of the visit, 12 bilateral documents were signed at the government and interdepartmental levels. The Head of State presented the Emir of Qatar with the highest state award of the Republic of Kazakhstan - the Order of Altyn Kyran.

On June 21-22, 2022, the Head of State, at the invitation of the Emir of the State of Qatar, took part in the work of the II Qatar Economic Forum. During the visit, the President of Kazakhstan held negotiations with the Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh T. Al Thani.

On December 19, 2022, a telephone conversation took place between the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Emir of the State of Qatar. In the conversation, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan congratulated the Emir of Qatar on the excellent organization of the World Cup, which has become an event of global scale. The interlocutors highly appreciated the prospects for strengthening bilateral cooperation, primarily in the trade, economic and investment spheres.

Contacts at high and other levels

On March 20, 2024, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan O. Bektenov paid  a working visit to Qatar and held talks with the head of the Government of Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. As a result of the visit, an agreement was signed between the governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State of Qatar on the establishment of long-term strategic partnership for the development of projects in key areas. 

On December 20, 2023, the 2nd round of Kazakh-Qatari political consultations took place in Doha, co-chaired by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Bakayev and Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs H.Al-Hammadi. During political consultations, the parties reviewed the progress of implementation of agreements reached following the mutual visits of the heads of the two states, including on the development of trade, economic and investment cooperation.

On October 2-3, 2023, the 6th meeting of the joint high-level intergovernmental commission was held in Doha, co-chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan S. Zhumangarin and the Minister of Trade and Industry of the State of Qatar Sheikh M. Al Thani.

Following the commission meeting, the heads of the delegations of the two countries signed a protocol that approved areas of cooperation in the areas of infrastructure, renewable energy, air travel, agriculture, food technology, tourism, higher education and medicine.

On May 22-24, 2023, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Smailov took part in the work of the III Qatar Economic Forum. During the visit, he held talks with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Muhammad Abdulrahman Al Thani, and the leadership of Qatar Investment Authority and Power International Holding.

On December 15, 2023, on the sidelines of the XXI Doha Forum, the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Kuantyrov met with the Minister of Trade and Industry of the State of Qatar Sheikh M. Al Thani and the Minister of Finance of the State of Qatar A. Al-Kuwari

On December 12, 2023, Akim of the Turkestan region D. Satybaldy visited Qatar, during which a meeting was held with the management of Widam Food Company and Kowkabet Al Sharq, which import meat products to Qatar.

 

Interparliamentary cooperation

On November 19, 2024, the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Shura Council of Qatar held an online meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group.

On May 15, 2024, the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Olga Perepechina and the Deputy Chairman of the Majilis Daniya Yespaeva met with the Deputy Chairman of the Qatar Shura Council Hamda bint Hasan Al Sulaiti. During the conversation the future of cooperation between the parliaments of the two countries was discussed, as well as regional issues related to the elimination of all forms of violence against women and children.

On December 14-15, 2021 in Doha, members of the Senate and Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan took part in a round table on the topic “The role of parliamentarians in the implementation of national action plans to combat terrorism and violent extremism”, held within the framework of the UN and European Union STRIVE Asia initiative and a regional joint UNCTC project. On the sidelines of the forum, the Kazakh delegation met with the Chairman of the Advisory Council of Qatar (Majlis Al-Shura) Hassan Al-Ghanim and discussed with him ways to expand inter-parliamentary cooperation.

On April 6-8, 2019, a parliamentary delegation led by the Chairman of the Mazhilis visited the State Committee to participate in the work of the 140th AMPS, during which they held a meeting with the Chairman of the Parliament of the State Committee.

On September 21-25, 2019, the parliamentary delegation of the State of Qatar, led by Speaker A. Al-Mahmoud, took part in the IV Meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments of Eurasian Countries and held meetings with the leadership of both chambers of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.      

 

Military cooperation

On March 4-6, 2024 the military delegation led by the Commander-in-Chief of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Rear Admiral Saken Bekzhanov visited Qatar, at the invitation of the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Defense Affairs of Qatar, Dr. Khaled bin Muhammad Al-Attiyah and took part in the VIII International Defense Industrial Exhibition DIMDEX-2024.

On December 12-13, 2023, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan R. Zhaksylykov visited Qatar, during which a bilateral meeting was held with the Deputy Prime Minister - State Minister for Defense Affairs of the State of Qatar Kh. Al-Attiya. As a result of the negotiations, an Agreement on military cooperation was signed between the governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State of Qatar.

March 20-23, 2022 First Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Khusainov took part in the 7th international military-technical exhibition “DIMDEX-2022”.

On October 2-3, 2023, Deputy Minister of Defense S. Kamaletdinov visited Doha.