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Defence partnerships

Documents bilateral and multilateral defence relationships, including agreements, military assistance, exercises and training exchanges. Shows who is involved, when cooperation was recorded and what was signed, announced or reported as carried out.

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Indian departure announcement date

Indian contingent departs for KAZIND 2026

AnnouncedOfficial report

India’s MoD announced a 60-person contingent’s departure for the exercise at Oskemen.

Details and sources

The source schedules 28 September–11 October and a matching Kazakh contingent. Departure and plans do not establish completed exercise activity.

Source update

NATO education and interoperability cooperation

ReportedOfficial report

NATO’s country review describes the partnership programme, defence-education support and Kazakhstan’s peacekeeping training centre.

Details and sources

The date is the page update. These are ongoing cooperation frameworks, not new commitments all signed on that date.

Joint-exercise agreement with Uzbekistan

SignedOfficial report

The two countries signed an agreement on conducting joint military exercises during the presidential visit.

Details and sources

The foreign ministry lists the signed instrument; it does not specify a new exercise schedule.

Participation in Birlik 2025

ReportedOfficial report

Uzbekistan’s ministry reported Kazakhstan’s participation in the ongoing five-country regional exercise.

Details and sources

The date is the host’s progress report, not a verified opening or closing date.

Regional military-science cooperation memorandum

SignedOfficial report

Kazakh representatives joined four other countries in signing a cooperation memorandum during Birlik 2025.

Details and sources

The host reports discussions on general-staff and military-academic cooperation. No procurement commitment is specified.

Tarlan-2025 UAV exercise under way

ReportedOfficial report

Azerbaijan’s ministry reports Azerbaijani and Kazakh personnel began joint UAV flight-tactical training.

Details and sources

The 9 July release records an ongoing exercise scheduled through 10 July; it is not a completion report.

Unbreakable Brotherhood 2024 concludes

Completion reportedOfficial report

Kazakhstan hosted the CSTO peacekeeping exercise on 1–5 October, with contingents from five member states.

Details and sources

The ministry reported over 2,000 participants and 500 vehicles across the multinational exercise. These are not national holdings.

Reported commencement date

KAZIND 2024 opens in India

ReportedOfficial report

India’s MoD reported the eighth KAZIND exercise commenced at Auli on 30 September.

Details and sources

The opening report schedules completion for 13 October. It establishes the start, not actual completion on the planned date.

First national UNDOF contingent: six-month review

ReportedOfficial report

MoD reviewed six months of service by Kazakhstan’s first independent national contingent in the Golan Heights.

Details and sources

This record is dated to the published service review. It records participation in the UN mission, not an assessment of combat effectiveness.

Birlestik-2024 exercise concludes

Completion reportedOfficial report

Kazakhstan hosted forces from Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for a joint exercise in Mangistau.

Details and sources

MoD reported around 4,000 participants and up to 700 equipment units across the exercise. These are multinational exercise figures, not Kazakhstan’s inventory.

UNDOF report date; ceremony day not separately stated

UNDOF reserve-company authority transferred

ReportedOfficial report

UNDOF reported the Irish contingent handed Force Reserve Company responsibility to Kazakhstan at Camp Faouar.

Details and sources

The mission’s dated report confirms transfer of authority, adding an operational milestone after the February memorandum. It does not separately state the ceremony’s calendar date.

UN memorandum for national UNDOF contingent

SignedOfficial report

Kazakhstan and the UN signed the memorandum for deployment of a national contingent to UNDOF.

Details and sources

This entry records the agreement. Subsequent service is recorded separately; signing alone is not deployment.

Event date stated retrospectively by the named primary source

First bi-service KAZIND completed

Completion reportedOfficial report

India’s foreign ministry records KAZIND-2023 at Otar from 30 October to 11 November with air-force participation.

Details and sources

The July 2024 bilateral brief retrospectively confirms the exercise was held and describes the first participation of both air forces and Kazakhstan’s Air Assault Forces.

MoD’s reported final withdrawal date

CSTO contingents’ withdrawal completed

Completion reportedOfficial report

Kazakhstan’s MoD reported that the last CSTO personnel left Almaty on 19 January.

Details and sources

The ministry reports withdrawal began on 13 January, after the January deployment. Its political characterisation of the unrest is not adopted as an independently verified finding.

Defence-cooperation agreement with Turkmenistan

SignedOfficial report

The defence ministries signed a cooperation agreement during the presidential visit to Ashgabat.

Details and sources

The presidency lists the signed agreement; it does not identify equipment purchases or deliveries.

Arrival date, not later publication or flag-raising date

First Kazakh contingent joins UNIFIL

ReportedOfficial report

UNIFIL recorded the arrival of 120 Kazakh peacekeepers to serve with the Indian Battalion.

Details and sources

The UN’s 2 November report explicitly dates arrival to 31 October. This was service within the Indian battalion, distinct from the independent UNDOF contingent in 2024.

· Published

Reported actual completion date

KAZIND 2018 completed

Completion reportedOfficial report

India’s MoD reported completion of the third bilateral exercise at Otar on 22 September.

Details and sources

Training began on 10 September. The closing report supersedes the earlier announcement’s planned end date of 23 September.

Closing-ceremony date stated in the later US Army report

Steppe Eagle 2017 concludes

Completion reportedOfficial report

The US Army reported that six-country peacekeeping training ended at Illisky on 4 August.

Details and sources

The exercise involved more than 800 soldiers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Türkiye, the UK and US. The report was published on 16 August.

· Published

Event date stated retrospectively by the named primary source

India–Kazakhstan exercise series begins

EstablishedOfficial report

India’s MoD dates the Prabal Dostyk joint exercise series to 2016.

Details and sources

The later official history says the exercise was renamed KAZIND and expanded to company level in 2018.

· Published

Scope

Dated developments cover 1991–2026. Ministry programme-budget observations cover 1997–2026; SIPRI separately covers 1994–2025. Personnel estimates, spending ratios and historical Kazakhstan Engineering group financial measures have their own indicators. Transfers and conflicting government returns are attributed, not summed into a current inventory. Group industry figures include civilian and dual-use business. Budget coverage changes, intermediate amendments and unknown dates remain in source details. This is a selected reference, not a complete inventory or readiness assessment.

Method & coverage

This is a curated public-source reference, not a complete inventory. Each record identifies an event or publication date, implementation stage and evidence type; the detail explains which date is known. An official report establishes what the issuer said; a contract does not establish delivery, and delivery does not establish readiness. Unknown quantities remain unknown. Records count publications or developments, not weapons, personnel or military strength.

Official report
The issuing institution reports the event or figure; this is not independent corroboration.
Independently corroborated
Distinct independent evidence supports the specific recorded claim.
Estimate
A sourced estimate, with its method and limits retained.
Unresolved
The available evidence does not establish the specific point.

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