General Information
Diplomatic relations were established on April 2, 1992.
Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Republic of Cyprus (with the residence in Tel Aviv) is H.E. Mr. Satybaldy Burshakov (since October, 2020).
The Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Kazakhstan (with the residence in Moscow) is H.E. Mr. Kypros Giorgallis (since January, 2022).
Political relations
The First President of Kazakhstan H.E. Nursultan Nazarbaev met with President of Cyprus Demetris Christofias (September 21, 2011, on the sidelines of the UN GA in New York) and Nicos Anastasiades (October 18, 2018, on the sidelines of the ASEM summit in Brussels).
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Markos Kyprianou participated in the informal OSCE Summit in Almaty (16-17 July 2010) and OSCE Summit in Astana (1-2 December 2010).
The Foreign Ministers of Cyprus paid official visits to Kazakhstan in 2013 (Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis) and May 2019 (Nikos Christodoulides).
The Foreign Ministers of both countries also met on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council in 2011, 2022 and at the UN GA in 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021 and at Climate Summit in Abu-Dhabi in 2023.
Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation
On September 24-26, 2009 in Astana, the 5th International Conference of the General Assembly of Asian Political Parties, organized by the Nur Otan Party, was attended by Cypriot members of the House of Representatives Skevi Koukouma (from the AKEL party) and Tasos Mitsopoulos (from the Democratic Convocation party).
On September 22-25, 2019 delegation headed by the Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus Demetris Syllouris, visited the Republic of Kazakhstan for participation in the 4th Meeting of Speakers of Parliaments of Eurasia.
The Kazakhstan-Cyprus Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Group was established in the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Since July 2021, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign and European Affairs of the House of Representatives Harris Georgiades is leading the “Cyprus-Kazakhstan” Friendship Group.
On September 28, 2023, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Roman Vassilenko held meetings with the Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the House of Representatives on Human Rights Irene Charalambides and members of the Committee on International Affairs - the Kazakhstan-Cyprus Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Group.
On October 31, 2022, the Political Director for Bilateral Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Ambassador Andreas Ignatiou visited Astana for negotiations with H.E. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko.
On September 27-28, 2023, during his visit to Nicosia H.E. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Roman Vassilenko met with the H.E. President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides and H.E. Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos. Also were held the first political consultations between the Foreign Ministries under the chairmanship of Roman Vassilenko and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus Kyriacόs Kouros. Opening ceremony of the office of the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Nicosia Georgios Lakkotrypis took place in the framework of the political consultations.
Trade and economic relations
According to the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, trade turnover between the two countries for the period of 2023 amounted to 1.6 million US dollars (exports - $243.6 thousand, imports - $1.355 million). The trade turnover between Kazakhstan and Cyprus in 2022 reached $179.2 million.
According to the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in the first nine months of 2023 gross FDI inflows from Cyprus amounted to $268.4 million. In 2021 - $440 million, and in 2022 - $454 million. That made Cyprus one of the biggest investors of Kazakhstan.
In the period of 2005-2023, the volume of direct Cypriot investments in the economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan amounted more than $4 billion, the outflow of direct investments from the Republic of Kazakhstan to Cyprus – $1.8 billion. 292 companies with Cypriot participation are registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
On May 31, 2023 and June 21-22, 2023 in Limassol and Almaty were held business forums that brought together more than 250 representatives of business and relevant ministries of Cyprus.
Legal framework
Kazakhstan and Cyprus have signed the following bilateral agreements: Protocol on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (April 2, 1992), Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Holders of Diplomatic and Service Passports (July 16, 2010), Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation (May 15, 2019), Memorandum of Understanding between the Foreign Ministries (May 15, 2019), Treaty on Extradition (October 20, 2022), Treaty on Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (October 20, 2022), Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of Tourism (September 28, 2023)
Legal cooperation
On September 27-29, 2017, a Kazakh delegation headed by Prosecutor General Zhakyp Assanov visited Cyprus and met with Minister of Justice and Public Order Ionas Nicolaou and Prosecutor General Costas Clerides.
April 16-18, 2019, Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan Gizat Nurdauletov visited Cyprus. The Prosecutor General met with Minister of Justice Ionas Nicolaou and Prosecutor General Costas Clerides.
On October 19-20, 2022, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Kazakhstan Berik Assylov paid a working visit to the Republic of Cyprus and met with the Minister of Justice and Public Order Stephie Dracou, the Minister of Internal Affairs Nicos Nouris and the Prosecutor General George L. Savvides.