Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

and

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

established diplomatic relations with each other in 1992. Canada has an embassy in

Astana Astana is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,423,726 within the city limits, it is the second-largest in the country after Almaty, which had been the capital until 1997. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim ...

. Kazakhstan has an embassy in

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and a consulate in

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. Both countries are full members of the

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. The former

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Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (born 6 July 1940) is a Kazakhstani politician who served as the first president of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019. He also held the special title of Elbasy from 2010 to 2022 and chairman of the Security Council of ...

, made an official visit to Canada in May 2003.

Political

Canada and

established diplomatic relations with each other in 1992. Canada established an

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Almaty Almaty, formerly Alma-Ata, is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population exceeding two million residents within its metropolitan area. Located in the foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau mountains ...

, which it later moved to

. Kazakhstan is represented in Canada through its embassy in

. On March 31, 2009, Kazakh President

met with Canada's ex-prime minister

Jean Chrétien Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien (; born January 11, 1934) is a retired Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003. He served as Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, leader of t ...

to discuss deepening mutual relations. After their conversation, Chrétien went on to say, "We should use new economic opportunities. It is high time to start new projects. During the talks with Kazakh President we discussed cooperation in various spheres. Kazakhstan and Canada can work together". Also in 2009, Kazakh Prime Minister

Karim Massimov Karim Qajymqanuly Massimov (, , ; born 15 June 1965)Kazakhstan moves to ...

met with Canadian

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. On November 13, 2013, Kazakhstan and Canada Foreign Minister John Baird signed a new agreement of peaceful atomic energy and new technology. The two also discussed agriculture and

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regimes.

Economic

Initial trade and investment between the two countries focused on

agriculture Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...

and mining, with nominal but decreasing exports of oil and gas machinery from Canada to Kazakhstan. According to Rod Lever, the Chief Representative to Russia for

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, "Kazakhstan has been able to develop commercial relations with Canada keyed to shared strengths in agriculture and extractive industries", and there is an increased emphasis in Canadian export of aerospace and telecommunications equipment, such as regional jets. The focus on agriculture has led to Canadian equipment gaining nearly 25 percent of the agriculture and machinery market in Kazakhstan. Canadian exports to Kazakhstan have been growing steadily, and increased by over 50% in 2007 to reach a total of CAD $182.7 million for that year, from $138 million in 2005. As of 2008, there are 170 Canadian companies active in the market and more than forty with a permanent presence there. Canada is also among the top ten foreign investors in the country, with investments totaling more than two billion CAD.

Canadian Ambassadors to Kazakhstan

# Bell, Michael Richard 1992 # Kinsman, Jeremy K.B. 1992/08 # Mann, Richard 1996/08/19 # Skinner, Gerald R. 1999/08/11 (1999/11/09) # Cowan, Hector 2001/07/16 (2001/10/17) # Biolik, Anna 2004/08/09 (2004/09) # Dap, Margaret 2006/06/14 (2006/10/18) # Millar, Stephen 2009/07/15 (2009/11/19) #Style, Sean 2014/03/24 (2014/08/12) # Nicolas Brousseau 2017/08/17 (2017/10/19

References

External links

Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade about relations with Kazakhstan

Canadian embassy in Almaty
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Bilateral relations of Kazakhstan

Political

Economic

Canadian Ambassadors to Kazakhstan

See also

References

External links