General information
July 14, 2006 - diplomatic relations were established between the Republic of Kazakhstan and Montenegro.
There is no Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Montenegro, the functions are concurrently performed by the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan with residence in Zagreb (Croatia).
There is no Embassy of Montenegro in Kazakhstan, the functions are carried out concurrently by the Embassy of Montenegro with residence in Moscow (Russian Federation).
On May 3, 2019, Goran Djukanovic was appointed as an Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Montenegro.
High level contacts
The Former President of the Republic of Kazakhstan N.Nazarbayev and the President K.Tokayev did not pay official visits to Montenegro.
The President of Montenegro visited Kazakhstan once (Filip Vujanović with a working visit to participate in the OSCE Summit in 2010).
On September 20, 2023, the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K.Tokayev held talks with the President of Montenegro Jakov Milatović on the sidelines of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
On July 15-16, 2021, Deputy Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović visited Kazakhstan and held meetings with the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan A.Mamin and the leadership of a number of ministries.
Inter-parliamentary cooperation
Visits to Montenegro:
- Deputy Chairman of the Majilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan S.Dyachenko (March 2015).
Visits to the Republic of Kazakhstan:
- President of the Assembly (Parliament) of Montenegro I.Bryović to participate in the 4th Meeting of the Speakers of Parliaments of the Eurasian countries "Greater Eurasia: Dialogue. Trust. Partnership" (September 22-25, 2019).
A friendship group with Montenegro was established in the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan. There is no group on friendship with Kazakhstan in the Parliament of Montenegro.
Trade and economic cooperation
According to the data of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the volume of bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and Montenegro in 2023 amounted to 1 million 132 thousand US dollars, including exports from the Republic of Kazakhstan - 4,7 thousand, imports from Montenegro - 1,128 million.
The volume of bilateral trade between Kazakhstan and Montenegro in 2022 amounted to1 million 60 thousand US dollars (exports – 31 thousand, imports – 1, 03 million US dollars). The main article of Kazakhstan's exports is unalloyed aluminum. In the structure of mutual trade, the main items are various equipment, refrigerators, freezers, heat pumps.
Cultural and humanitarian cooperation
Due to the absence of diplomatic missions of Kazakhstan and Montenegro in the capitals of the two countries, cooperation in the field of culture is carried out as far as possible.