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Kazakhstan-Singapore relations
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Singapore were established on March 30, 1993.
In November 2003, the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan was opened in Singapore, which was transformed into an Embassy on December 11, 2008.
Mr. Askar Kuttykadam is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Singapore (since October 21, 2023).
Mr. Zulkifli bin Baharudin is the Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore to the Republic of Kazakhstan with residence in Singapore (since May 28, 2014).
Since 2017, the Honorary Consul of Singapore in Kazakhstan is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of JSC "National Managing Holding "Baiterek" Omarkhodzhaev Anuar.
Political cooperation
Political dialogue at the highest level is the basis for stable friendly relations between the two countries.
The visits of the First President of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev (official - in May 1996, state visit - in November 2003) to Singapore and the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew (September 1991) to Kazakhstan laid the foundation for political dialogue and determined the priorities of the bilateral cooperation.
On May 21-23, 2023, the President of Singapore Halimah Yacob made the first visit in the history of the country to Kazakhstan and Central Asia, and met with the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
In addition, within the framework of the state visit, a Kazakh-Singapore Business Forum was held with the participation of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Alikhan Smailov and President Halimah Yacob.
An important role for maintaining and further deepening the political dialogue was played by the visits of the Heads of Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Singapore (October 2010, March 2015, November 2018), as well as the visits of the ex-Prime Minister of Singapore, Honorary Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to Kazakhstan (September 2016).
On July 11, 2016, the first Kazakh-Singaporean MFA political consultations took place in Astana, which were preceded by an exchange of visits at the level of foreign ministers.
On October 14-15, 2019 Singaporean delegation headed by the Senior Minister and Minister - Coordinator for National Security of Singapore Teo Chee Hean visited Nur-Sultan.
In December 2019, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi held talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan on the sidelines of the ASEM Council of Ministers.
On February 3-4, 2020 Senior Minister of Trade and Industry of Singapore Koh Poh Koon visited Nur-Sultan and held meetings with the Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sultanov, Minister of Justice Marat Beketayev, Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Beibut Atamkulov, Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry Askar Zhumagaliev, Head of the Astana International Financial Centre Kairat Kelimbetov.
Inter-parliamentary cooperation is progressing. In 2021, bilateral friendship groups were established in the Parliaments of both countries.
On January 11, 2021 in Nur-Sultan took place a political consultations between the foreign ministries of Kazakhstan and Singapore took place in the videoconference format. During the meeting, the sides noted the importance of further strengthening bilateral ties in all fields of interaction between the two countries.
On September 21, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi held a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan, within the framework of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
On August 15, 2022, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tileuberdi made his first official visit to Singapore. During the visit, the Minister was received by the President of the Republic of Singapore Halimah Yakob at the official residence of Istana.
During his visit, Mukhtar Tleuberdi held talks with Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance of the Republic of Singapore, Political Leader of the People's Action Party's Fourth Generation (4G) Lawrence Wong, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore Vivian Balakrishnan and Minister of Human Resources, Second Minister of Trade and Industry Tan See Leng.
From October 10 to 14, 2022, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Second Minister for Foreign Affairs and Second Minister for Education Maliki Osman visited Astana, during which the Singaporean delegation met with President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Trade and Integration Serik Zhumangarin and Minister of Education and Science Sayasat Nurbek, Governor of AIFC Kairat Kelimbetov.
On April 13-15, 2023, a working visit of the government delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan headed by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Zhamaubayev Yerulan took place in the Republic of Singapore. During the visit, the head of the delegation held talks with senior members of the Singapore Government, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Finance Lawrence Wong and Minister of Manpower, Second Minister of Trade and Industry Tan See Leng, as well as with the first heads of a number of Singapore companies.
Close cooperation is carried out in a multilateral format. The parties provide mutual support for global initiatives, as well as for the candidacies of both countries to elected UN bodies and international organizations.
