Since establishment of diplomatic relations between Kazakhstan and the European Union in 1993 and due to the Kaza-khstan's progressive efforts and positive responses from EU, the bilateral relations have achieved extensive and in-depth developments in political and economic relations. Meanwhile, there remain issues in the Kazakhstan-EU relations, such as the pending market econ-omy status, imbalances of the structure of bilateral trade, and Kazakhstan"unique diplomatic status", etc. The Kazakhstan-EU rela-tions face both challenges and competition of big-powers relations and specific issues, but both sides will be in a pragmatic principle to expand cooperation and solve problems.%自1993年哈萨克斯坦与欧盟建立外交关系后，在哈萨克斯坦的努力以及欧盟的积极回应下，双方的政治和经贸关系持续深入发展。同时，哈欧关系中也存在着哈萨克斯坦市场经济地位悬而未决、双方贸易结构不平衡以及哈萨克斯坦“外交地位独特性”等问题。哈欧关系既面临大国关系的考验与竞争，又面临具体问题的困扰，但双方都将会本着务实的原则，努力扩大合作，解决问题。
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