On 4 January 2019, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed the law for the ratification of the pending income tax treaty with Cyprus. The treaty, signed 15 May 2019 ({News-2019-06-03/T/3-previous coverage}), is the first of its kind directly between the two countries, although a prior treaty between Cyprus and the former Soviet Union had applied in respect of Kazakhstan but was termin…