page_title: Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations
section_title: Political relations
hierarchical_section_title: Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations / Political relations
caption_attribution_description: English: DAGOMYS, SOCHI. President Putin with Azerbaijani President Heidar Aliev and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.Русский: СОЧИ, «ДАГОМЫС». С президентами Азербайджана и Казахстана Гейдаром Алиевым и Нурсултаном Назарбаевым.
context_page_description: Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations refer to foreign relations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Azerbaijan has an embassy in Nur-Sultan and a consulate in Aktau. Kazakhstan has an embassy in Baku.
  Many Azeris and Kazakhs, as well as the head of both states usually refer to it as the Azeri-Kazakh brotherhood and consider each other an ally and kindred nation.
  Both countries were part of the Achaemenid Empire, Sassanid Empire, Umayyad Caliphate, Abbasid Caliphate, Great Seljuq Empire, Russian Empire and Soviet Union. Following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union both countries declared their independence. Diplomatic relations were established on August 27, 1992. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Economic Cooperation Organization, Turkic Council, Joint Administration of Turkic Arts and Culture, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
context_section_description: Ex-President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev reportedly were close friends for a long time. Nazarbayev have stated that:
  We knew each other for decades. When Heydar Aliyev was working in Kremlin, I was visiting him regularly for to get support. I was one of the first persons who visited him when he was in hospital in Moscow. When he had a great loss - in the funeral of his wife, I was there too. I think Azerbaijani people did the right choice with choosing him for a president. He was my friend and a politician that I was respecting a lot. He had carried out number of works aimed to the strengthening of the many-centurial friendship between Kazakh and Azeri nations, development of the Republic of Azerbaijan, CIS.
  The heads of both states visit each other regularly. Heydar Aliyev paid a visit to Kazakhstan in order to take part in the 150th anniversary of Abay Kunanbayev. Heydar Aliyev was awarded with the medal "Astana" for his services in the development of friendly relations with Kazakhstan.
  During the Aliyev presidency, Azeri-Kazakh relations mostly covered the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the fields of agriculture and energy. A new impulse toward developing Azerbaijani–Kazakhstani relations was given by a state visit of current Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev to Astana in March 2004, and a state visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev to Azerbaijan in May 2005. A number of bilateral instruments, including the "Strategic Partnership and Allies' Relations Treaty", were signed. Both presidents regularly conduct an official visit to each country for discussing economical development, strategic alliance and co-operation in other areas, particularly on the transportation of Caspian oil and gas to world markets. Both presidents have emphasized the importance of the role Kazakhstan has in large-scale projects, especially in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan.
  Prime Minister of Azerbaijan Artur Rasizade participated in the inaugural ceremony of Kazakh President on January 11–12, 2006 in Astana.
  One of the priority directions in bilateral cooperation is co-ordination of the legal status of the Caspian Sea. On November 29, 2001, the presidents of both countries signed the "Agreement on Delimitation of the Bottom of the Caspian Sea" during a CIS summit in Moscow.
caption: Heydar Aliyev, Nursultan Nazarbayev and Vladimir Putin, 2001 in Sochi
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