Relationship dossier
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Relationship assessment
Cooperative ties supported by bilateral economic agreements
Kazakhstan toward Malaysia
+30Kazakhstan has pursued bilateral economic and technical cooperation with Malaysia through government agreements, including arrangements on investment protection and avoidance of double taxation.
Malaysia toward Kazakhstan
+30Malaysia has pursued bilateral economic and technical cooperation with Kazakhstan through government agreements, including arrangements on investment protection and avoidance of double taxation.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship is supported by bilateral economic and technical cooperation agreements, including investment protections and tax arrangements. These durable frameworks indicate practical cooperation, while the available scope of wider government engagement 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
Kazakhstan and Malaysia maintain cooperative bilateral relations, including government agreements on economic and technical cooperation, investment protection, and avoidance of double taxation. These arrangements provide a basis for sustained economic engagement, though the scope and implementation of broader cooperation are unclear.
Key developments
Kazakhstan and Malaysia established bilateral arrangements covering economic and technical cooperation, investment protection, and avoidance of double taxation.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral economic and technical cooperation are unclear.
- The extent of current government-to-government engagement is uncertain.