Key dates
February 22, 1992 - diplomatic relations established;
October 1993 - the Embassy of India in the Republic of Kazakhstan opened;
November 1993 - the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in India opened;
November 2007 - the Embassy of India relocated to Astana;
November 2007 - the consular office of the Embassy of India opened in Almaty;
Since May 2021 Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to India – Mr. Nurlan Zhalgasbayev;
Since June 2023 Ambassador of India to the Republic of Kazakhstan – Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad.
Political dialogue
Visits at the highest level
The first President of Kazakhstan, Elbasy N.Nazarbayev, visited India four times with official visits (in 1992, 1996, 2002 and 2009);
Vice-Presidents of India visited Kazakhstan twice with official visits (1996 - K.R. Narayanan, 2008 - M.H.Ansari);
Prime Ministers of India four times visited Kazakhstan (1993 - N.Rao, 2002 - A.Vajpayee, 2011 - M.Singh, 2015 - N.Modi);
On January 27, 2022, the President of Kazakhstan H.E. K. Tokayev participated in the 1st Central Asia-India online summit.
On January 13, 2023, the President of Kazakhstan H.E. K.Tokayev, at the invitation of the Prime Minister of India H.E. N.Modi, participated in the online summit “Voice of the South”, initiated by the Indian side as part of its presidency in the G20
In July 2023, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev participated in the online Summit of the SCO.
Visits at the high level
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan visited India twice with official visits (1999 - K.Tokaev, 2013 - E.Idrisov);
Ministers of External Affairs of India four times visited Kazakhstan with official visits (2010 - S.M.Krishna, 2013 - S.Khurshid, 2018 - S.Swaraj, 2021 - S.Jaishankar);
In 2019, Indian Minister of State for External Affairs V.Muralidharan visited Kazakhstan;
In 2021, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan M.Tleuberdi visited New Delhi;
In June and October 2022, State Minister for External Affairs of India M.Lekhi visited Kazakhstan;
In June 2023, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan M.Nurtleu visited India (SCO Council of Ministers);
In November 2023, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan M.Nurtleu participated in the 2nd online summit "Voice of the Global South".
Parliamentary diplomacy
On October 13, 2011, a Friendship Group was established between the parliaments of Kazakhstan and India, consisting of deputies of the lower and upper houses of the parliaments of the two countries.
On May 10-11, 2013, a group of Kazakh deputies, headed by the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Mr. M.Ashimbayev, visited India.
On September 23-24, 2019, the Deputy Chairman of the Upper House of the Parliament of India Mr. H. Narayan Singh took part in the IV Meeting of Speakers of the Parliaments of the Eurasian Countries in Nur-Sultan.
Cooperation between foreign offices
8 rounds of political consultations between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and India were held, the last of which - on February 13, 2023, in New Delhi (Deputy Foreign Minister Mr. K.Tumysh participated from the Kazakh side and Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India Mr. S.Verma from Indian side).
On November 5-6, 2009, Astana hosted the 1st round of Kazakh-Indian consultations on consular matters.
Trade, economic and investment cooperation
The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and India in 2022 amounted to 2.5 billion USD, which is 22.4% higher than in the previous year. Exports from Kazakhstan during this period amounted to 1.9 billion USD (+16.2%), and imports from India – 0.6 billion USD (+49%).
In January-November 2023, this figure amounted to 920.1 million US dollars, which is 59.8% less than in the same period of the previous year. Kazakhstan's exports amounted to 381.9 million dollars (-78.5%), and imports - 538.2 million dollars (+5.7%). The reduction in mutual trade is due to a decrease in the supply of Kazakh energy resources to India.
About 360 legal entities with the participation of Indian capital are registered in Kazakhstan. The inflow of FDI from India to Kazakhstan over the past 25 years amounted to 390 million USD.
14 meetings of the Kazakh-Indian Intergovernmental Commission were held (14th meeting of the IGC: June 3, 2022, in New Delhi). The Ministry of Trade and Integration is responsible for the Kazakh part of the IGC, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is responsible for the Indian part.
Military-technical cooperation
On October 3-4, 2018, during the visit of the Minister of Defense of India Mr. N. Sitaraman to Kazakhstan, meetings were held with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan. A solemn ceremony of the joint deployment of the peacekeeping contingent as part of UNIFIL was held (on November 14, 2023, the 10th rotation of the Kazakh contingent of 6 people took place).
On October 18-21, 2022, the Kazakh delegation led by Deputy Minister of Defense Mr. R.Shpekbayev attended the 12th international exhibition of military equipment and weapons “DefExpo-2022” in Gandhinagar (state of Gujarat).
On November 1-11, 2023, the 7th joint Kazakh-Indian exercises KazInd-2023 were held at the Matibulak training ground.
On November 22-24, 2023, the 7th meeting of the Kazakh-Indian Working Group on Defense and Military-Technical Cooperation was held in Bangalore (Karnataka).
Flight connection
According to the Agreement signed on September 10, 1993, Air Astana currently operates 12 flights weekly on the Almaty-Delhi-Almaty route and 2 flights on the Almaty-Mumbai-Almaty route. IndiGo Airlines operates 2 flights per week on the Delhi-Almaty-Delhi route.
Scientific, technical, cultural, and humanitarian cooperation
Within the framework of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program (ITEC), over 1,200 Kazakh specialists have completed advanced training courses in Indian universities in various areas.
On June 2, 2022, in the “San Martin” park, New Delhi, the Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan Mr. B.Sultanov and the State Minister for External Affairs and Culture of India Mrs. M.Lekhi solemnly opened the bust of A. Qunanbaiuly.
On November 17-23, 2022, New Delhi and Mumbai hosted a “Youth Forum” for active youth from various spheres of the Central Asian states as part of the “Central Asia-India” Dialogue.
On December 5-16, 2022, special courses for young diplomats of the Central Asian states were held in New Delhi at the frames of the “Central Asia-India” Dialogue (5 diplomats from the MFA of Kazakhstan attended).
In 2023, the “Indo-Kazakh Writers' Meeting” took place in New Delhi.
In 2023, in New Delhi, the Ak Kerbez Dance Ensemble of the Zhambyl Regional Philharmonic named after K.Azerbayev took part in the 9th Indian International Dance and Music Festival.
In 2023, the State Dance Theater "Naz" of the Akimat of Astana took part in the international folklore festival in the cities of Shillong, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi.