Relationship dossier
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Relationship assessment
Kazakhstan and Mongolia strengthened bilateral cooperation with a strategic partnership declaration in 2024.
Kazakhstan toward Mongolia
+35Kazakhstan's government signed a strategic partnership declaration and bilateral agreements with Mongolia during President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's 2024 state visit, including agreements concerning transport and education.
Mongolia toward Kazakhstan
+35Mongolia's government signed a strategic partnership declaration and bilateral agreements with Kazakhstan during President Tokayev's 2024 state visit, including agreements concerning transport and education.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is characterized by formalized cooperation, including a 2024 strategic partnership declaration and agreements in areas such as transport and education. The scope and implementation of these arrangements are not fully 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 Mongolia maintain a cooperative government relationship, strengthened by a strategic partnership declaration signed during Kazakhstan's 2024 presidential visit to Mongolia. The two governments also concluded agreements covering areas including transport and education. These steps indicate substantive cooperation, though the breadth and implementation of bilateral arrangements are not fully clear.
Key developments
During Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's state visit to Mongolia, the governments signed a strategic partnership declaration and agreements including in transport and education.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of agreements signed during the 2024 state visit are unclear.
- Details of ongoing bilateral cooperation beyond the 2024 agreements are limited.