Consulate of Mongolia in Almaty
Consulate in Kazakhstan
Mongolia's consular post in Almaty, Kazakhstan, listed by Mongolia's consular service as the Consular representative office in Almaty of the Embassy of Mongolia to the Republic of Kazakhstan, in Almaty's Bostandyk district (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list). Other listings style the same post a consulate and a consulate general in Almaty.
Mongolia and Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations on 22 January 1992 in Almaty, when Mongolia's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Choinkhor J. and Kazakhstan's Minister of Foreign Affairs T. S. Suleimenov exchanged notes confirming the establishment of relations (Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 26, 2025, citing CAMFA archives). Mongolia's embassy opened in Almaty in September 1992 and began operating in Astana in 2010, leaving the Almaty post as the consular presence in the former capital.
PEOPLE
B. Baasandorj
Chief of Mission, consular representative office in Almaty - named as chief of mission in Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list (Consul.mn)
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RECORD
Diplomatic relations established in Almaty - 22 January 1992 - DOCUMENTED
On 22 January 1992, in Almaty, the First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, Choinkhor J., and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan, T. S. Suleimenov, exchanged notes confirming the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the Republic of Kazakhstan; that date is officially recognised as the date of establishment (Mongolian Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 26, 2025).
Mission listing - DOCUMENTED
Mongolia's diplomatic missions abroad list records the Almaty post as the Consular representative office in Almaty of the Embassy of Mongolia to the Republic of Kazakhstan, with B. Baasandorj as chief of mission (Consul.mn, diplomatic missions abroad list). The List of diplomatic missions of Mongolia also records a consulate for Mongolia in Almaty, alongside the embassy in Astana.
The 10th consular consultative meeting - 20 May 2021
The 10th consular consultative meeting between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and Kazakhstan was held virtually on 20 May 2021, co-chaired by Director General of the Consular Department of Mongolia L. Munkhtushig and Director of the Department of Consular Services of Kazakhstan Akataev Bauyrzhan. The sides discussed bilateral consular relations, thanked each other for humanitarian assistance sending stranded citizens home on charter flights amid the pandemic, and discussed dual citizenship problems, justice and law enforcement cooperation, and resuming regular flights in phases (Voice of Mongolia, 24 May 2021).
Strategic partnership - October 2024 - DOCUMENTED
At the invitation of President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev paid a state visit to Mongolia on 28 to 29 October 2024. The two heads of state agreed to elevate relations to a Strategic Partnership, building on the 1992 Protocol on Establishing Diplomatic Relations and the 1993 Agreement on Friendly Relations and Cooperation (Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership, President of Mongolia, 29 October 2024).
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