[3] In May 1996, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has made the first official visit to Malaysia while in the same year in July, the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad reciprocated with the official visit to Kazakhstan.

[4][5] A number of documents also signed by both sides to forge closer ties between them.

[7] Both countries also work together in the technology exchange, Islamic financing and in a joint venture on the halal sector.

[8][9][10] At least 15,000 Kazakhstanis have visited Malaysia in 2011 since a direct flights been introduced by Air Astana between Almaty and Kuala Lumpur.

[11] In 2016, the total trade reach US$49.22 million with Malaysia's largest export to Kazakhstan is coffee-based preparations while the biggest imports from Kazakhstan were zinc and television components.