Diplomatic relations were established on March 6, 1992.
The Embassy of Egypt in the Republic of Kazakhstan has been operating since August 1992.
In April 1993, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Egypt was established.
Since December 2023, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Arab Republic of Egypt is Ibtissam Rakha Ahmed Hassan.
Since January 2025, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Arab Republic of Egypt is Askar Zhengis.
Political cooperation
High-level contacts:
The first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev made 3 official visits to Egypt (1993, 2007, 2008).
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi made an official visit to Kazakhstan on February 26-28, 2016 (previously, Hosni Mubarak visited Kazakhstan on an official visit in November 2006).
In May 2008, President H.Mubarak presented the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev with the highest award of the ARE – the Order of the Great Nile.
On May 5, 2015, at the initiative of the Egyptian side, a telephone conversation took place between the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev and the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt A.F.El-Sisi. The first meeting between N.Nazarbayev and A.F. El-Sisi took place on May 9, 2015 in Moscow as part of the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War.
On February 24, 2022, at the initiative of the Egyptian side, a telephone conversation took place between the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev and the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt A.F. El-Sisi.
On October 22, 2024, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev held a brief conversation with President of the Arab Republic of Egypt A.F. El-Sisi on the sidelines of the XVI BRICS Summit in Kazan.
On November 12, 2024, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev, during his participation in the COP29 climate summit in Baku, held a conversation with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Ahmed El-Tayeb.
Interparliamentary interaction
On February 20-21, 2022, the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, M.Ashimbayev, paid an official visit to Egypt. During his visit, he met with the Speaker of the Senate of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmad El-Tayeb, and others.
On June 4-5, 2023, Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.S. Ashimbayev, on behalf of the Head of State, visited Egypt, where he took part in events celebrating the 800th anniversary of Sultan Beibarys, including the opening ceremony of his mosque in Cairo, to the restoration of which the Republic of Kazakhstan made a significant financial and expert contribution.
During the visit, the Speaker of the Upper House held meetings with the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and the Speaker of the Senate of the Egyptian Parliament. For his active work in expanding cultural and spiritual ties between our states and peoples, by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayeb, was awarded the Order of Dostyk, 1st degree, and the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of Egypt, Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq, was awarded the Order of Dostyk, 2nd degree. A number of other religious, political, and public figures from Egypt who made significant contributions to the restoration of the Sultan Beibarys Mosque were also awarded state awards of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
From June 2 to 6, 2024, the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Razeq, paid an official visit to Astana. During the visit, he met with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev, the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.Ashimbayev, the Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Koshanov, the Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan Nauryzbay Kazhy, and also held a meeting of the Kazakhstan-Egypt Interparliamentary Friendship Group.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the chambers of the Parliaments of the two countries.
High-level contacts
On October 12-13, 2022, the Minister of Trade and Industry of the ARE A.Samir paid a working visit to Kazakhstan, during which he met with the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Uskenbayev.
On November 6-7, 2022, the official delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan headed by Prime Minister A. Smailov visited Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).
On September 24-26, 2023, the Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.Kuantyrov paid a working visit to Sharm el-Sheikh to participate in the 8th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
On October 27-31, 2025, in Sharm el-Sheikh, the official delegation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, headed by the Chairman of the Supreme Audit Chamber A.Smailov, took part in the XXV Congress of the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions INTOSAI.
Contacts at the level of foreign policy agencies
On June 21-22, 1998, the first official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev to the Arab Republic of Egypt took place.
On December 1-2, 2010, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, visited Astana, where he took part in the OSCE Astana Summit.
In August 2012, during the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Kazykhanov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt M.Amr. On November 15, 2012, in Djibouti, during the 39th session of the OIC Foreign Ministers Council, and on February 6, 2013, in Cairo, during the 12th OIC Summit, Minister E.Idrissov held talks with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt M. Amr.
In September 2013, in New York, on the sidelines of the 68th session of the UN General Assembly, a meeting was held between the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Arab Republic of Egypt, E. Idrissov and N. Fahmi.
In September 2018, within the framework of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, a meeting was held between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, K.Abdrakhmanov, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt, S.Shoukry, who took part in a meeting of the high-level working group on the presentation of the Code of Conduct for Achieving a World Free of Terrorism.
On March 22, 2022, on the sidelines of the 48th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, a meeting was held between Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.Tileuberdi and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt S.Shoukry.
On January 23, 2025, at the initiative of the Egyptian side, a telephone conversation took place between the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Minister of Foreign Affairs M.Nurtleu and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt B. Abdelatty. The heads of the foreign affairs agencies discussed the current state and prospects for developing bilateral cooperation, as well as the schedule of upcoming events.
On March 7, 2026, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Kosherbayev held a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt B.Abdelatty. During the conversation, the parties discussed the current situation in the Middle East and emphasized the importance of de-escalation and the resolution of all contentious issues solely through political and diplomatic means within the framework of international law. The ministers also discussed current issues of bilateral cooperation and prospects for its further development, expressing interest in expanding trade, economic, investment, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Foreign Ministries of the two countries, nine rounds of political consultations have taken place.
The final round of consultations was held on February 19, 2025, in Astana under the chairmanship of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan A.Kuantyrov and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt A.Shahin.
Trade and economic cooperation
According to the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the volume of trade turnover between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Arab Republic of Egypt in 2025 amounted to $351.8 million (exports – 209.7 million dollars, imports – 142.1 million dollars).
In 2024, these figures reached a record high of $273.9 million (exports – $137.2 million, imports – $136.7 million). In dynamics, the annual volume of trade turnover in 2023 amounted to 161.2 million, in 2022 it amounted to 150.3 million, in 2021 – 80.4 million, in 2020 – 84.3 million US dollars.
Co-chairs of the Kazakh-Egyptian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Cultural, Humanitarian, and Scientific-Technical Cooperation (IGC): - from the Kazakh side, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development Zh.Madiyev; from the Egyptian side – Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Egyptian Expatriates B. Abdelatty.
The last, fifth, meeting of the IPC took place on March 8-9, 2017, in Cairo. The next meeting is scheduled for 2026 in Astana.
Representative of the state agency "Future of Egypt for Sustainable Development" (Mostakbal Misr) Y.Mohammed took part in the annual international conference "AGRICOM 2025", which was held on October 2-3, 2025 in Astana.
From October 30 to 31, 2025, Tamer Shafik, Vice President of Orascom Construction PLC, visited Kazakhstan to participate in the Kazakhstan Global Investment Roundtable (KGIR-2025).
On January 19-20, 2026, the Chairman of Orascom Investment Holding Naguib Sawiris paid a working visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Kosherbayev.
During the visit to Astana and Almaty, meetings were held with M. Nurtleu, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for International Investment and Trade Cooperation; Y. Kosherbayev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; T.Suleimenov, Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan; O.Kizatov, Deputy Chairman of the Association of Russian Federal Property Management Companies (ARFMR); A.Tamabek, Deputy Akim of the Zhambyl Region; D.Satybaldy, General Director of the Investment and Marketing Department of the Tau-Ken-Samruk Oil and Gas Company and Akim of Almaty. The main topic of discussion was the implementation of agreements on investing in major projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
In October 2007, an agreement was signed on the restoration of the Sultan Baybars Mosque in Cairo. The cost of the project was $12 million, of which $4.5 million was allocated by the Republic of Kazakhstan. On June 5, 2023, the ancient Sultan Az-Zahir Baybars Mosque was inaugurated in Cairo as part of the celebrations of its 800th anniversary. Kazakhstan contributed financially and expertly to its restoration. On behalf of the President of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Senate of Kazakhstan M.Ashimbayev attended this ceremony. A gala concert dedicated to the Days of Kazakh Culture in Egypt was also held at the Cairo Opera House.
Sister city relations have been established between Astana and Cairo, Almaty and Alexandria, the Turkestan region of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Red Sea province.
During the meetings of the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Egypt A. Zhengis with the Governor of South Sinai Province H.Bakri on April 18, 2025, with the Governor of Al-Sharqiya Province H. Al-Ashmoni on May 12, 2025 and with the Governor of Qalyubia Province A.Attiya. On May 20, 2025, an agreement was reached to establish sister city relations between the Almaty region and South Sinai Governorate, the Kyzylorda region and Al-Sharqiyah Governorate, and the Zhambyl region and Qalyubia Governorate. The work is ongoing.
From August 18 to 21, 2025, Kazakh artists from the Danesh Rakishev Zhetysu Region Philharmonic took part in the international «Citadel Festival» and performed on the stage of the famous Egyptian Public Library, located on the banks of the Nile River.
On November 30, 2025, a concert by People's Artist of Kazakhstan Dimash Qudaibergen took place in Cairo as part of the international festival "The Pyramids Echo".
Overall, this concert marked the first performance of a Kazakhstani artist on the African continent and the first performance of talented artists from the CIS countries.
This event and Dimash’s participation in it were widely covered in local media. Among them were articles published in the ancient Egyptian newspaper «Al-Ahram» under the headline "Kazakh singer Dimash Qudaibergen to close Egypt's Pyramids Echo festival", as well as in the influential Egyptian state-run daily «Al Gomhuria». It has also become widespread on social networks such as Instagram, Facebook and others.
Artists from the «Kazyna» folk dance ensemble, part of the «Shymkent Concert» organization, took part in the Aswan International «Festival for Culture and Arts», which was held in Egypt from February 1 to 11, 2026.
On April 9, 2026, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Egypt hosted a presentation at Cairo University of the Arabic translation of the monograph by the late Ambassador Askar Mussinov, “The Near and Middle East in the System of International Relations.”
The event was attended by CICA Secretary General K.Sarybay, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan B. Batyrshayev, the wife and children of A. Mussinov, former Foreign Ministers of the Arab Republic of Egypt A.Moussa and M. El-Orabi, former Governor of the Red Sea Province and Chairman of the Kazakh-Egyptian Friendship Association A.Abdullah, foreign ambassadors accredited in Egypt, local writers, politicians, and media representatives.
About 100 students from Kazakhstan are studying at Egyptian universities.
An important joint project in the field of education is the Egyptian University of Islamic Culture "Nur-Mubarak" in Almaty (since 2001), which allows Kazakhstani students to receive a qualified theological education without traveling abroad.
The Egyptian delegation regularly participates in the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
In February 2022, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed between the N. Nazarbayev Center for the Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue and the Al-Azhar Center for Interreligious Dialogue.
Days of culture of Kazakhstan in Egypt (2001, 2023) and Egypt in Kazakhstan (2008) were organized.
The legal framework between the countries includes more than 60 bilateral agreements.