General information
Diplomatic relations were established on September 10, 1992.
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Kazakhstan was opened in 2002.
The Consulate General of Kazakhstan was established in Amsterdam on June 17, 2003. The Consulate General of Kazakhstan in Amsterdam was reorganized as the Diplomatic Mission of Kazakhstan to the Netherlands on February 18, 2005. The Diplomatic Mission of Kazakhstan was reorganized as the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the Netherlands on January 1, 2007.
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Netherlands is Askar Zhumagaliyev.
Ambassador of the Netherlands to Kazakhstan is Nico Schermers.
Political cooperation
On July 30, 2023, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte.
President Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Netherlands in 2002 and 2014.
Prime Minister Askar Mamin visited the Netherlands in October 2019.
Prime Minister of the Netherlands visited Kazakhstan in 2010 and 2015.
Ministers of foreign affairs of the two countries met on the margins of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2022.
The foreign ministries of the two countries hold regular political consultations. The last round was organized in The Hague in April 2022.
Trade and economic cooperation
In 2023, bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and the Netherlands was $4.4 billion (export – 4 billion, import – 400 million), in 2022 – $5.7 billion (export – 5.4 billion, import – 300 million).
Since 2005 the volume of investments from the Netherlands to Kazakhstan amounted to $117.7 billion.
Kazakhstan-Netherlands Business Council was established in March 2014.