Austria has announced the name of its new ambassador to Kazakhstan.

The Instagram account of the Embassy of Austria in Kazakhstan has shared information about a new appointment.

"The Embassy of Austria is pleased to introduce the newly appointed Ambassador of Austria to the Republic of Kazakhstan - Her Excellency Andrea Bacher, who will subsequently present her credentials," it states in the announcement.

The website of the Austrian Embassy in our country indicates that Kazakhstan is the first country in Central Asia with which Austria established diplomatic relations (February 19, 1992). Furthermore, to this day, Kazakhstan is the only country in the region where Austria is represented by an embassy (in Astana) and a trade section of the Embassy (in Almaty).

It is worth noting that President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appointed ambassadors of the Republic of Kazakhstan to several countries on January 5, also relieving two previously appointed ambassadors of their duties.

At the end of December last year, Han Chunlin was appointed as the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Kazakhstan - he presented copies of his credentials to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Akan Rakhmetullin .

Additionally, in December 2024, the U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan, Daniel Rosenblum, announced that he would leave his post on January 20 of the current year.