Relationship dossier
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Relationship assessment
Practical cooperation focused on transport, energy transit and investment
Georgia toward Kazakhstan
+35Georgia has supported westbound transport and energy routes used for Kazakh goods, including oil transit through Georgian infrastructure. This provides Kazakhstan with access to routes across the South Caucasus.
Kazakhstan toward Georgia
+35Kazakhstan has used Georgian infrastructure for westbound oil transit, and Kazakh-linked investment has included the Batumi oil terminal. These activities have supported Georgia's role as a regional transit hub.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a durable practical basis in energy transit, transport connectivity and investment. Those shared interests support cooperation, while the available picture of broader political coordination is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Georgia and Kazakhstan have built practical cooperation around transport, energy transit and investment. Georgia serves as a route for Kazakh oil and other goods moving west, while Kazakh-linked investment in Georgia has included the Batumi oil terminal. These interests support a constructive relationship, though the scope and implementation of broader bilateral cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Kazakh-linked ownership of the Batumi oil terminal brought investment into Georgia's energy and transport infrastructure.
Kazakh oil shipments through Georgian routes developed as part of westbound energy transit.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral transport and investment arrangements are unclear.
- The extent of recent high-level cooperation beyond trade and transit is uncertain.