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Israel-Kazakhstan relations

US President Donald Trump (right) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a joint press conference at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, December 29, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)
January 19, 2026, 5:03 pm
Netanyahu invited to Trump’s Gaza Board of Peace alongside European, Mideast leaders
Putin invited, wants to ‘clarify all the nuances’; Kremlin allies Belarus, Kazakhstan also offered spots; Hungary’s Orban says he accepted invite; UK, Germany, mulling involvement
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Then-Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) inspect an honor guard during their meeting in Astana on December 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS OMAROV)
November 6, 2025, 10:51 pm
Kazakhstan, which already has relations with Israel, to join Abraham Accords
Post-Soviet state in Central Asia will be fifth country to sign, in bid to build momentum for normalization framework between Israel and Arab, Muslim-majority states
By Jacob Magid
Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets with Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov in Baku on April 18, 2023. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
August 2, 2025, 12:51 am
Trump looks to bring Azerbaijan, Central Asian nations into Abraham Accords
US president’s team in talks with several countries that already recognize Israel about largely symbolic move, as Saudi normalization efforts have stalled amid Gaza war
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A man rests on the bank of the Caspian Sea in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday, June 7, 2021. (AP/Darko Vojinovic)
January 18, 2023, 12:29 pm
Eyeing Iran, Israel moves to shore up ties with neighboring Caucasus, Central Asia
Energy-rich Azerbaijan, chafing at Iranian threats, set to open embassy in Tel Aviv, with Israel seeing chance to expand relations with others in region as well
By Lazar Berman
Servicemen and their military vehicles block a street in central Almaty on January 7, 2022, after violence that erupted following protests over hikes in fuel prices (Abduaziz MADYAROV / AFP)
January 9, 2022, 9:28 am
No plans to evacuate Israelis from Kazakhstan, senior diplomat says
Official cites good ties between nations, says authorities are ‘taking control of the situation’ there
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Levan Kogeashvili, killed in Almaty, Kazakhstan on January 7, 2022 (Courtesy)
January 8, 2022, 11:11 am
22-year-old Israeli killed by gunfire in violent Kazakhstan protests
Foreign Ministry bringing Levan Kogeashvili’s body to Israel for burial; family says he wasn’t protesting and was just going to work; comes after Kazakh leader orders lethal force
By ToI Staff and AP
Illustrative image of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, on March 14, 2017. (Roy Alima/Flash90)
April 8, 2018, 5:08 pm
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange inks cybersecurity deal with Kazakhstan counterpart
Agreement marks first foreign consulting deal for TASE as it seeks to ‘diversify its sources of income’
By Shoshanna Solomon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen at the Israeli parliament during a vote on a law changing the structure of the new Israel Broadcast Corporation news division, at Knesset on April 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 25, 2017, 10:21 pm
Netanyahu takes credit for ‘unprecedented growth’ in Israel’s foreign relations
PM defends decision to nix meeting with German foreign minister over visitor’s refusal to cancel sit-down with leftist NGO
By Jacob Magid
New Zealand's Murray McCully chairing a UN Security Council meeting on September 14, 2015. (UN/JC McIlwaine)
December 22, 2016, 5:57 am
Will Palestinians get a Security Council motion passed – and will it matter?
In the waning days of the Obama administration, three countries are eager to propose anti-settlement resolutions at the UN. Our diplomatic correspondent looks at the timing, the math, and the potential significance
By Raphael Ahren
Then-Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) inspect an honor guard during their meeting in Astana on December 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS OMAROV)
December 15, 2016, 7:22 pm
On PM’s visit to Asian Muslim states, a not-so-subtle message to the Arab world
Netanyahu sees his trip to Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan as a model for warming relations, but the two countries he toured are atypical in their approach to Islam
By Raphael Ahren
Then-Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) inspect an honor guard during their meeting in Astana on December 14, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/ILYAS OMAROV)
December 14, 2016, 6:18 pm
Netanyahu in Kazakhstan warns Iran: We’re a tiger, not a rabbit
PM asks his counterpart in Astana to convey message to Tehran not to underestimate Israel; ‘If Iran attacks Israel it will put itself at risk’
By Raphael Ahren
PM Netanyahu and Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana, December 14, 2016 (Haim Zach/GPO)
December 14, 2016, 11:47 am
PM asks Kazakhstan to back Israeli bid for Security Council seat
In first-ever prime-ministerial visit, Netanyahu thanks President Nazarbayev, saying his was the ‘first Muslim country to embrace Israel’
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev at Baku’s Zagulba Palace on December 13, 2016. (Haim Zach/GPO)
December 13, 2016, 5:00 pm
PM hails Azerbaijan cooperation as beacon of Jewish-Muslim coexistence
During Netanyahu’s historic visit to Baku, Azeri leader says his country has bought some $5b in weapons from Jewish state
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters before departing for a two-day visit to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan, December 13, 2016. (Times of Israel/Raphael Ahren)
December 13, 2016, 9:38 am
Embarking on rare visit to Muslim countries, Netanyahu vaunts Israel’s popularity
Prime minister heads to Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan for two days ‘to strengthen diplomatic, security, and economic ties’
By Raphael Ahren and Stuart Winer
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