Relationship dossier
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Relationship assessment
Friendly relations, with high-level engagement and a strategic partnership announced in 2024
Kazakhstan toward Serbia
+45Kazakhstan has supported Serbia’s territorial integrity in connection with Kosovo and has pursued bilateral economic cooperation and formal agreements with Serbia. High-level engagement, including President Tokayev’s 2024 visit to Serbia, reflects a substantial cooperative relationship.
Serbia toward Kazakhstan
+45Serbia has pursued bilateral economic cooperation and formal agreements with Kazakhstan, alongside high-level engagement including President Vučić’s visit to Kazakhstan. The two governments announced a strategic partnership in 2024.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is characterized by friendly political engagement, economic cooperation and formal bilateral partnership, with Kazakhstan’s support for Serbia’s territorial-integrity position on Kosovo as a significant shared interest. The 2024 strategic partnership announcement marks a notable development, though its practical scope is unclear.
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 Serbia maintain friendly government relations supported by high-level engagement, bilateral economic cooperation and agreements. Kazakhstan has supported Serbia’s territorial integrity in connection with Kosovo, while the two governments have expanded their formal partnership. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić visited Kazakhstan, and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Serbia in 2024, when the countries announced a strategic partnership.
Key developments
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić visited Kazakhstan as part of high-level bilateral engagement.
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited Serbia, and the countries announced a strategic partnership and signed bilateral agreements.
Major uncertainties
- The implementation and practical scope of the strategic partnership and bilateral agreements are unclear.
- The scale and results of bilateral economic cooperation are uncertain.