Key dates
September 22, 1993 – establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and Brazil.
August 2006 – opening of the Brazilian Embassy in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
October 2012 – opening of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Brazil.
March 2021 – Bolat Nusupov was appointed Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the FRB.
June 2019 – Rubem Antonio Correa Barbosa was appointed Ambassador of Brazil to the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Political Dialogue
The basis of bilateral cooperation between the countries was laid by contacts at the highest and high levels. President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev paid the first state visit to Brazil on September 27-29, 2007.
President of the Federative Republic of Brazil Lula da Silva paid the first visit to Kazakhstan on June 17, 2009.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov paid an official visit to Brazil on October 2-3, 2013. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil Aloysio Nunes made the first official visit to Kazakhstan on November 1, 2018.
The Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and Brazil hold regular political consultations. The meetings within the framework of this mechanism took place in 2008, 2012, 2017 and 2021. Interaction between Kazakhstan and Brazil in a multilateral format is progressively developing.
An active level of exchange of visits by heads of state bodies and business community of the two countries is maintained. Representatives of Brazil took part in the work of the Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and other international events in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan and Brazil are developing inter-parliamentary relations. There are parliamentary cooperation groups in both chambers of Parliament of Kazakhstan and the National Congress of Brazil. A delegation from the Senate of Brazil led by Head of Parliamentary Group on Cooperation with Kazakhstan, Senator Francisco Rodrigues, visited Kazakhstan during June 7-11, 2019.
A joint meeting of the Kazakhstan-Brazil friendship groups of the Senate Parliament of the Kazakhstan and the Senate of the National Congress of the FRB was held in videoconference mode on September 13, 2021.
Trade and Economic Cooperation
Brazil is Kazakhstan's largest trading partner in Latin America and the Caribbean.
In 2022, the trade turnover increased by 115% compared to 2021 and reached $364.2 mln dollars (export - $84.8 mln.dollars, import - $279.4 mln.dollars).
The structure of Kazakh exports is dominated by sulfur, ferroalloys, ferrous metal products and uranium. Brazilian imports mainly consist of aircraft, cane sugar, raw tobacco, fruit juices and coffee.
During the visit of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Almas Aidarov to Brazil in November 2021, the 1st meeting of the Kazakh-Brazilian Business Council was held. The 2nd meeting of the Kazakh-Brazilian Business Council was held in Astana on April 13, 2023.
Cooperation in the Cultural and Humanitarian Sphere
The Embassy of Kazakhstan in Brazil regularly holds scientific, practical and cultural events aimed at strengthening bilateral relations.
Sister-region relations were established between the Karaganda region and the Brazilian state Bahia on September 9, 2021.
The opening of the first Honorary Consulate and Cultural Center of Kazakhstan in Brazil in Rio de Janeiro took place on November 28, 2021.
The official opening of the Honorary Consulate of Kazakhstan in Santa Catarina took place in the capital representative office of the state of Santa Catarina on October 19, 2022.
The founding meeting of the Kazakhstan - Brazil Friendship Forum, a public association for cooperation in the field of culture, education and humanitarian issues, was held on July 5, 2022.
Legal Framework
The legal framework of Kazakh-Brazilian cooperation includes documents in the field of trade and economic cooperation, agriculture, sports, visa issues, etc.
The contractual and legal framework consists of 11 fundamental documents, among which the Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation (2007, entered into force in 2013), including the Agreement on short-term visa-free trips of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federative Republic of Brasil (2016, entered in 2016), Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (2018), Treaty on the Extradition of Persons (2018), Treaty on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (2018).