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 Astana. Both countries are members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Kazakhstan–Poland relations
Map indicating locations of Kazakhstan and Poland

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 Kwaśniewski and Kaczyński 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

Ambassadors of Poland to Kazakhstan
  1. Selim Khazbievich (Polish: Selim Chazbijewicz) (2017 - present);
  2. Maciej Lang (Polish: Maciej Lang) (2015-2016);
  3. Jacek Kluczkowski (Polish: Jacek Kluczkowski) (2011-2015);
  4. Pavel Cheplyak (Polish: Paweł Cieplak) (2007-2010);
  5. Vladislav Sokolovsky (Ambassador to Kazakhstan) (Polish: Władysław Sokołowski) (2004-2007);
  6. Zdzislav Nowicki (Polish: Zdzisław Nowicki) (2000-2004);
  7. Marek Gawęcki (Polish: Marek Gawęcki) (1994-2000).

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". csm.org.pl. Center for International Relations. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
  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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