General information
May 28, 1992 – establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Since September, 2019, B.Aryn has been the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Kingdom of Bahrain concurrently (with residence in Riyadh, KSA).
Since December 2015, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Republic of Kazakhstan concurrently is I. Al-Abdallah (with residence in Ankara, Türkiye).
High-level visits
1997 – official visit of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
2014 – official visit of the King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to Kazakhstan.
February 1-3, 2023 – the first official visit of the Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Bahrain.
Interparliamentary cooperation
2019 – the Speaker of the Council of Representatives of the Parliament of Bahrain Fauzia Zainal visited Kazakhstan and participated in the IV Meeting of Speakers of Parliaments of Eurasian Countries.
March 11-15, 2023 – Kazakh delegation consisting of deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Bolgert and L.Rysbekova visited Manama and took part in the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Trade and economic cooperation
Trade turnover for 2023 amounted to $188 thousand. The volume of Kazakhstan's exports to the Bahrain amounted to $63 thousand.
The AIFC has established cooperation with the Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, the Central Bank of Bahrain, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM). Representatives of the Kingdom currently working at the AIFC Central Council on the Principles of Islamic Finance among with the international experts.
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
On September 29, 2021 – the Secretary General of the Royal Humanitarian Foundation M.Al-Sayed participated in the opening ceremony of school № 91 for 1200 pupil in Astana, which was built by Bahraini side.
On June 28, 2023 – SCAT airline together with the Kazakh tour operator SkyWay Ltd. launched first direct seasonal charter flight on the route “Manama-Almaty” with a frequency of 1 time per week.