Kazakhstan–Poland relations

Kazakhstan–Poland relations refer to bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and Poland. Kazakhstan has an embassy in Warsaw whilst Poland has an embassy in Nur-Sultan. Both countries are members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Kazakhstan–Poland relations

Kazakhstan
Poland

History
Embassy of Kazakhstan in Warsaw

Poland and Kazakhstan have a shared history rooted in the mass deportation of ethnic Poles to the former Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union.[1]

Poland and Kazakhstan established formal diplomatic relations in 1992.[2]

State visits

Poland President Andrzej Duda hosted Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Poland in 2016 for the Polish - Kazakh Economic Forum.[3] Polish presidents Kwasniewski and Kachynsky visited Kazakhstan in 1999[4] and 2007[5] respectively.

Economic relations

Trade turnover between the two countries exceeded $2.2 billion in 2014.[6] More than 200 Polish businesses are operating in Kazakhstan that have invested about $130 million in Kazakhstan operations.[7] Both countries' foreign trade agencies together established the Polish-Kazakh Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation to build commercial ties between businesses.[8]

LOT Polish Airlines operates a service from Warsaw to Astana.

Diplomacy
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See also

References
  1. Iglicka, Krystyna (1998). "Are They Fellow Countrymen or Not? The Migration of Ethnic Poles from Kazakhstan to Poland". The International Migration Review. 32 (Winter): 995–1014. JSTOR 2547669.
  2. "Poland Foreign Policy". Polish Foreign Ministry.
  3. "Poland - Kazakhstan. Potential of cooperation is enormous". Polish Investment & Trade Agency.
  4. "POLISH PRESIDENT STARTS OFFICIAL TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 29 October 1999.
  5. "President of Kazakhstan visits Poland". http://csm.org.pl. Center for International Relations. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Polish Ambassador to Kazakhstan Strongly Supports Silk Road Project". The Astana Times.
  7. "Focus on Kazakhstan". Polish Investment & Trade Agency.
  8. "PAIiIZ and Kaznex signed a cooperation agreement". Polish Investment & Trade Agency.
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