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Relations betweenKazakhstan andTajikistan began on 7 January 1993.[1] Both countries are members of theCommonwealth of Independent States. Kazakhstan maintains an embassy inDushanbe and a consulate inKhujand. Tajikistan has an embassy inAstana. The current Tajikistan ambassador to Kazakhstan isAkbarsho Iskandrov. Both countries arepost Soviet states.
The embassy of Tajikistan has been operating inAstana since June 1993. The diplomatic mission of Kazakhstan in Dushanbe began functioning in April 1998, although it received embassy status in January 2001. The official opening of the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Tajikistan took place on 5 October 2002, with the participation of Kazakh PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev.[2]
Tajikistan's PresidentEmomali Rahmon paid an official visit to the Kazakh capital in 1993, during which the Treaty on the Foundations of Relations between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan was signed. Subsequent visits by the Tajik leader to Kazakhstan took place in 1995, 2006,[3] and 2008. Official visits by PresidentNursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan to Tajikistan were held in June 2000 and September 2007.[4]
In 1995, the Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation was established.[5] Its sessions, held in 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 in the capitals of both Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, played an important role in strengthening bilateral relations.
The treaty and legal framework of cooperation between Tajikistan and Kazakhstan consists of 75 documents signed between 1993 and 2011, of which 50 remain in force, covering most areas of interaction between the two countries.
Tajikistan exports electricity, cotton, aluminum products, and textile materials to Kazakhstan, while importing grain, flour products, and petroleum from Kazakhstan.
In 2007, during the visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev toDushanbe, an agreement was reached to establish the Kazakhstan–Tajikistan Direct Investment Fund.
By 2013, trade turnover between the two republics had exceeded US$700 million, and both sides expressed their intention to increase this figure to US$1 billion.[6]
Kazakh Export Chairman Aslan Kaligazin signed bilateral agreements with the major banks of Tajikistan for cooperation and to increase the exports of non-commodity goods from Kazakhstan.[7][8]
| Guest | Host | Place of visit | Date of visit |
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 President of the Republic of TajikistanEmomali Rahmon |  | Astana | January 1993[9] |
| President of the Republic of KazakhstanNursultan Nazarbayev | President Emomali Rahmon | Dushanbe | 2003[10] |
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