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The Embassy of Kazakhstan in London |
Contact
Address
125 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5EA
Phone Number
020 792 51757
Website
www.mfa.kz/london
E-Mail
London@mfa.kz
The Ambassador
Amb. Dr. Magzhan Ilyassov
Magzhan Ilyassov is a Kazakh career diplomat with broad multilateral and bilateral experience. Born in Almaty in 1974, he studied in Kazakhstan, at the Clingendael Institute and at Harvard Kennedy School. He has served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the OPCW, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and Ambassador to the United Kingdom before moving to another ambassadorial assignment in 2025.
History
Bilateral ties between Kazakhstan and the United Kingdom are exceptionally strong, experiencing an unprecedented surge in strategic and commercial alignment. The UK was among the very first European powers to recognize Kazakhstan’s independence in 1992, and the relationship has since graduated into a comprehensive partnership anchored by the UK-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership and Joint Statement. The embassy commands a grand building appropriately named Kazakhstan House, situated on Pall Mall in the heart of Westminster’s traditional diplomatic district, with its high-volume consular section accessible via Warwick House Street.
The Embassy of Kazakhstan in London operates as a powerhouse command post for executing "Eurasian bridge" statecraft, energy security coordination, and critical mineral investment portfolios between Astana and Whitehall. Under Karabulov’s temporary executive steering, a primary focus of the mission is securing British institutional participation within the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC)—a unique regional financial hub uniquely governed by British Common Law.
Commercially, the embassy works seamlessly with the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to funnel heavy British capital into Kazakhstan's massive green transition grids, agricultural tech cooperatives, and newly prioritized critical minerals corridors (such as lithium and rare-earth element extraction essential for modern tech supply chains). Furthermore, the mission prioritizes active cultural and educational statecraft—serving as the primary administrative support hub for elite Kazakh students studying across the UK under the state's prestigious Bolashak scholarship program—while running an advanced consular division providing digitized visa and registry assistance.
