On January 1, 1993, diplomatic relations were established.
In September 1993, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Hungary with concurrent accreditation to the Czech Republic was opened.
In December 1994, the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the Republic of Kazakhstan was opened.
In April 1997 the Diplomatic Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Czech Republic was opened, in 2004 it was transformed into the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since September 2023, the Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Kazakhstan is Pavol Šepeljak.
Since June 2023, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the Czech Republic is Bakyt Dyussenbayev.
Political cooperation
Contacts at the highest level:
The first President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nazarbayev visited the Czech Republic once (official visit on October 23-24, 2012).
Presidents of the Czech Republic have visited Kazakhstan three times (with official visits twice: Vaclav Klaus, September 8-10, 2004; Miloš Zeman, November 24-25, 2014; once to participate in the opening ceremony of EXPO-2017 - Miloš Zeman, June 9-11, 2017).
On April 23-24, 2023, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala paid an official visit to Kazakhstan.
Contacts at the highest level:
March 14-16, 2018, Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nigmatulin paid an official visit to the Czech Republic.
On October 16-18, 2019, the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic R.Vondrachek paid a return visit to the Czech Republic.
On October 9-10, 2023, the Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
M. Vyborny paid an official visit to Kazakhstan.
Contacts at MFA level
In March 1995, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic I.Zelenec paid an official visit to Kazakhstan. In January 2004, the Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic C. Svoboda paid a working visit
to Kazakhstan. In April 2009, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan
M. Tazhin paid a working visit to the Czech Republic. In December 2010. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic K. Schwarzenberg took part in the OSCE summit in Astana. In November 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic L. Zaoralek paid an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
In September 2023, a bilateral meeting of Ministers M. Nurtleu and J. Lipavsky took place on the margins of the 78th session of the UNGA.
Interparliamentary cooperation
Visits to the Czech Republic:
Chairmen of the Senate of the Parliament of the RK O. Abdykarimov (2004), N. Abykaev (2005).
Chairmen of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Ospanov (1997), N. Nigmatulin (2018).
In addition, the Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, Defense and Security of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Sultanov (2008), Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Sultanov (2015) visited the Chechen Republic.
Visits to the RK:
Chairmen of the Senate of the Parliament of the CR P. Sobotka (2008), M. Stech (July 2017).
Chairpersons of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the CR J. Gamachek (February 2017), R. Vondracek (October 2019).
In addition, visits of the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the CR P. Sobotka (2002), Deputy Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the CR V. Filip (2005, 2006, 2017) took place.
Interparliamentary Friendship Group "Republic of Kazakhstan - Czech Republic" (head of the group R. Kozhasbaev) operates in the Majilis of the Parliament of the RK.
Multilateral cooperation
The Czech Parliament was one of the first in the EU (the fourth) to ratify the EU-EU Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement in October 2016. The Agreement on Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation between Kazakhstan and the EU.
The Czech Republic supported Kazakhstan's bid to become a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2017-2018. Prague also took part in the EXPO-2017 exhibition in Astana.
Trade and economic cooperation
The volume of bilateral trade turnover for 2022 amounted to 423 million USD (+ 67%) (exports - 123.6 million USD, growth by 41.8 %, imports - 299.4 million USD, growth by 80.9 %).
Trade turnover for 2023 amounted to 627 million USD (+ 48.2%).
The main items of Kazakhstan's exports: products of oil and gas industry, chemical industry (yellow phosphorus), ferroalloys, hydrogen, inert gases and other non-metals, hot-rolled flat products of non-alloy steel, hard coal.
The main items of Kazakhstan's imports: equipment, component materials for the automotive industry, water treatment facilities, electrical appliances, pharmaceutical products, furniture, glass, ceramics.
Cooperation in the field of investments
For the period from 2005 to March 31, 2023, the gross inflow of direct investments from the Czech Republic to Kazakhstan amounted to 308.3 million USD, including in 2021 - 22.3 million, in 2022 - 21.6 million, for the 1st half of 2023 - 26.7 million USD.
For the period from 2005 to March 31, 2021, the gross outflow of direct investments from Kazakhstan to the Czech Republic amounted to 23.7 million USD.
As of June 1, 2023, there are 139 legal entities with Czech participation in Kazakhstan, including 108 with 100% of Czech capital and 31 joint ventures.
Economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic is based on the Intergovernmental Agreement on Economic, Industrial and Scientific-Technical Cooperation of 2004, the Agreement on Encouragement and Mutual Protection of Investments of 1996 and the Convention on Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital of 1998. The spheres of mutual interest of business circles of the two countries are engineering, energy, agriculture, transportation, pharmaceuticals. New areas of interest have emerged in the spheres of: nano-technologies, modern methods of animal breeding, hydrogen production, mining equipment, detonators for geological purposes.
An important mechanism of bilateral interaction is the Kazakhstan-Czech Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Industrial and Scientific-Technical Cooperation (IGC). The 11th meeting of the Commission was held on November 11-12, 2021 in Prague under the chairmanship of Vice-Minister of Trade and Integration of RK K. Torebayev and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic M. Tauberova.
On April 23-24, 2023, the official visit of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic P. Fiala to the Republic of Kazakhstan took place. Fiala to the Republic of Kazakhstan. Within the framework of the visit P. Fiala met with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan A. Smailov and with the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. K. Tokayev. During the meeting, special attention was paid to the prospects for strengthening trade, economic and investment cooperation, including defense industry, energy, engineering, civil aviation, transport and logistics, agriculture, education and tourism.
During the visit, a Business Forum was organized with the participation of the Prime Ministers of the two countries. As part of the Business Forum, agreements were signed with the Czech company Skoda Transportation, export insurance agency EGAP, export bank, a memorandum with the company Transco, 4 system documents totaling more than 230 million euros.
In the framework of P. Fiala's visit, a memorandum was also signed on the launching, together with the Prague Zoo, of a unique project for the reintroduction of Przewalski's horses in Kazakhstan.
On October 9 and 10, 2023, the Minister of Agriculture of the Czech Republic M. Vyborny paid an official visit to Kazakhstan. During the visit, three Kazakh-Czech business forums were held in the cities of Kokshetau, Astana and Turkestan.
On October 2, 2023 the Kazakh delegation headed by the Minister of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan M. Karabayev took part in the XXVII World Road Congress in Prague.
On November 30, 2023, a Kazakh-Czech business forum was held in Prague with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan N. Nurbaeva and the Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic P. Třešnjak.
The work on re-location of Czech business in Kazakhstan is underway. Relevant proposals were sent to 15 enterprises that have ceased their activities in the Russian Federation, including "Omnipol", "Skoda Transportation", "Czechoslovak Group", "Zimatechnik", "Zetor", "Tatra", "TRANSCO", "Primoco UAV", "Ferrit", "Austin Detonator", "Zimatechnik".
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
There is an active cultural and humanitarian, educational and tourist exchange between the countries. About 100 thousand Kazakhstani tourists visit the Czech Republic annually.
Along with this, the Czech Republic has become a popular destination for higher education for Kazakhstani students. More than 60 agreements and memorandums have been concluded between Kazakh and Czech universities, about 2.7 thousand students from Kazakhstan study in universities of the Czech Republic.
On December 20, 2017, the National Library of the Czech Republic "Clementinum" hosted the opening of the Center for Kazakh Literature. On January 27, 2020, the Abai Cultural and Information Center was opened there as well. Abai Kunanbayev's book "Words of edification" was translated into Czech.
From September 17 to November 17, 2019, the National Museum of the Czech Republic hosted the exhibition "From the Sak era to the nomadic civilization of Kazakhs through millennia" organized by the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
With several tours in the Czech Republic visited the head of the Eurasian Symphony Orchestra KNUI, violinist A. Musakhodjaeva. On April 16, 2022 in Prague there was a solo concert of the Kazakhstani singer D.Kudaibergen.
Kazakhstan Cultural Center "Elim-ai" regularly organizes Days of Culture of Kazakhstan in Prague. Fifteenth Days of Culture were held by the center "Elim-ai" in the spring of 2023.
In 2021, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with Czech Television produced a documentary film dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The movie was shown on Czech central television.
On March 24, 2022 in Prague was held a round table dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Akhmet Baitursynov, as well as the cultural heritage of the movement "Alash". The event included the presentation of the book "Akhmet Baitursynov and Alash" in Czech and English languages, several copies of which were then donated to Charles University. The book includes works by prominent figures of Kazakh culture and modern scholars - "Alashologists".