Abstract:
With the acquisition of sovereignty, the republic faced the need to develop and implement its own foreign
policy. The concept of Kazakhstan's foreign policy was determined by the President of the Republic
N.A. Nazarbayev in his work «Strategy of the formation and development of Kazakhstan as a sovereign
state», published in May 1992. «The main goal of foreign policy», it says, «is the formation of a favorable external
environment and support for the country's stable development on the basis of political and economic reforms
». The authors consider the long way that Kazakhstan has traveled since independence. The multivector
foreign policy of Kazakhstan, emerged at the dawn of independence, was able to contribute to the
strengthening of sovereignty and statehood, the country's entry into the system of international relations and
world economic relations. Over the years, the Republic has become a full member of the international community.
Its initiatives have almost always received international support and were put into practice. The Republic
established stable and predictable relations with all neighbors. There is an international image of the
republic as a serious and reliable partner.
