Eng. / Fr. /
NATO and Kazakhstan actively cooperate on democratic, institutional, and defence reforms, and have developed practical cooperation in many other areas. The Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) lays out the overall programme of cooperation between Kazakhstan and NATO. The defence-related fields of cooperation are supported by the Planning and Review Process (PARP).
Kazakhstan is an active participant in activities under the Partnership for Peace programme, and joint activities are ongoing. NATO’s cooperation with Kazakhstan has been steadily increasing, and is aimed at assisting the country with its reform process.
Dialogue takes place within the framework of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC). The NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Ambassador Robert F. Simmons, conducts high-level political dialogue with Kazakh authorities through regular visits to the country. The NATO Liaison Officer in Central Asia also visits Astana regularly and reviews cooperation with the government.
NATO and Kazakhstan are developing practical cooperation in a number of areas through the country’s Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). Kazakhstan sets out its reform plans and timelines in its IPAP, which is agreed for a two-year period.
The current IPAP covers the period 2006-2008. Key areas include political, military and security-sector reforms. NATO agrees to support Kazakhstan in achieving these reforms through providing focused, country-specific advice and assistance. Current priorities for Kazakhstan include transforming its public and private sectors in order to promote democracy human rights and rule of law and sustainable social and economic development.
More…NATO-Kazakhstan relations began in 1992, when Kazakhstan joined the North Atlantic Cooperation Council (later renamed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997). Cooperation increased and Kazakhstan joined the Partnership for Peace in 1995. In 2002 Kazakhstan deepened military and defence related cooperation in military by joining the PARP. The focus on supporting Kazakhstan’s domestic reform processes has intensified since the development of Kazakhstan’s first IPAP in 2005.
More…