Kazakhstan, Armenia seal wide-ranging cooperation agreements

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have signed a series of bilateral documents following talks in Astana, the Kazakh presidential office said.

According to Kazakhstan’s presidential press service, the two leaders adopted a Joint Statement setting out shared priorities for strengthening political dialogue, expanding economic ties and deepening cooperation across a number of strategic sectors.

In the presence of Pashinyan and Tokayev, members of the two countries’ official delegations exchanged a wide package of intergovernmental and interagency agreements.

These covered sensitive information handling, land allocations for diplomatic missions, and a 2026–2030 trade and economic cooperation roadmap.

The sides also signed memoranda between ministries overseeing industry, construction, artificial intelligence, digitalisation and high-tech sectors, aiming to boost joint projects and technology exchange.

Agricultural trade cooperation was formalised through a memorandum between the two countries’ agriculture and economy ministries, while their foreign ministries agreed on a 2026–2027 action plan to enhance diplomatic coordination.

Health ministries from both states endorsed a similar two-year plan to advance cooperation in public health.

Business ties are set to deepen with the creation of a Kazakhstan–Armenia Business Council, established through an agreement between the Kazakh Foreign Trade Chamber and Armenia’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Cultural cooperation also featured prominently. The sides signed memoranda between their national libraries, national film-support agencies and leading art museums, including Kazakhstan’s A. Kasteyev Museum of Arts and Armenia’s National Gallery.

Further agreements covered peaceful uses of atomic energy, collaboration in science and higher education, and institutional partnership between Kazakhstan’s Academy of Public Administration and Armenia’s Diplomatic School.

By Aghakazim Guliyev