Kazakhstan - Albania

About relationship between Kazakhstan and Albania

 

Bilateral political relations

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Republic of Albania (RA) were established on September 21, 1993.

On July 2017, Abzal Saparbekuly appointed as the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Albania (with residency in Ankara). On January 2020, Kastriot Robo was appointed to the post of Ambassador of Albania to Kazakhstan (with residency in Ankara).

Relations at a high level

1. On November 15, 2010 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Zhigalov visited Albania as a Special Representative of the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
2. On July 16-17, 2010, the Secretary of State - Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Saudabayev met with the Vice-Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania I.Meta within the framework of the informal Сouncil of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OSCE.
3. On June 28-30, 2011, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania S.Belortaja participated in the 38th meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (IOC).
4. On May 21-23, 2014 Vice Prime Minister of Albania N.Peleshi participated in the 7th meeting of the Astana Economic Forum.
5. On May 23-25, 2014, the first official business trip of the Prime Minister of Albania E.Rama to Kazakhstan was carried out. During the business trip, E.Rama met with the President and Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
6. On June 24-25, 2014, the Minister of Environment and Water Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan. N.Kapparov visited Albania.
7. On November 20-22, 2018, the first visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania and the Member of European Council on Foreign Affairs D.Bushati to Kazakhstan was organized. As part of the visit, the Albanian minister met with the Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokaev, Secretary of State G.Abdykhalykov, Minister of Foreign Affairs K.Abdrakhmanov, as well as with representatives of the Chamber of Commerce of Kazakhstan.
8. As part of the circle of the OSCE Ministerial Council held on July 8, 2019 in Slovakia, a meeting was organized between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan B.Atamkulov and the Acting Minister of the European Union and Foreign Affairs J.Sakay.
9. On September 24-25, 2019, the Vice Speaker of the RA Parliament V.Huss participated in the meeting of the Speakers of the Parliaments of the Eurasian countries in Nur-Sultan.
10. On December 3-4, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan M.Tleuberdi participated in the online meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe chaired by Albania.

Bilateral trade turnover

Bilateral trade, which began in 1995 with $18,000, has grown 326 times in 2021 to over $5.8 million.

In 2021, the trade turnover amounted to $5.8 million. Export of Kazakhstan amounted to $5.4 million, import to $0.4 million. Compared to the same period in 2020, the total trade turnover increased ($1.7 million), Kazakh export ($1.4 million), and import ($0.2 million).

Strengthening the legal framework

On November 20-22, 2018, within the framework of the trip of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Member of European Council on Foreign Affairs D. Bushati, Kazakhstan and Albania signed a Protocol on cooperation between external political institutions and the chambers of commerce and industry of the two countries.

At present, the parties are coordinating bilateral documents in other sectors of cooperation.