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Bilateral Relations

General information

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the United Kingdom were established on 20 January, 1992.

On July 16, 2021 Varuzhan Nersesyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. On March 8, 2022 Varuzhan Nersesyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the United Kingdom presented his credentials to Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

On December 15, 2020 Mr. John Patrick Gallagher has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia. On April 1, 2021, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Armenia John Gallagher presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian.

Visits

To United Kingdom

November 2021

Armen Sarkissian, President

October 2019           

 Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs

July 2019                 

 Armen Sarkissian, President

October 2015

Serzh Sargsyan, President

September 2015

Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

May 2013

Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

July 2012

Serzh Sargsyan, President

July 2011

Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

March 2011

Hovik Abrahamyan, Speaker of the Parliament

February 2010

Serzh Sargsyan, President

October 2008

Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

February 2007

Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

January 2006

Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

April 2004

Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

January 2002

Armen Khachatryan, Chairman of the National Assembly

March 2001

Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

March 1999

Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

November 1996

Babken Ararqtsyan, Speaker of the Parliament

1995

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President

1994

Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President

1993

Hrant Bagratyan, Prime Minister

To Armenia

February 2021

Wendy Morton, UK Parliamentary Undersecretary, Minister for European Neighborhood and Americas

September 2017

Alan Duncan, State Minister for Europe and the Americas

November 2014

David Lidington, State Minister for Europe

September 2012

David Lidington, State Minister for Europe

October 2006

Geoff Hoon, State Minister for Europe

October 2000

John Kerr, Permanent Undersecretary of the British Foreign Office

1996

Malcolm Rifkind, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

1993

Douglas Hogg, Minister of State

1992

Douglas Hogg, Minister of State

Legal framework

  • Exchange of Notes on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations

Agreements

  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning British Technical Assistance
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on the Establishment and Activities of Cultural Centers
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Air Services
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Cooperation in the Fields of Education, Science and Culture
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Promotion and Protection of Investments
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital

Memoranda

  • Between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Cooperation in the Field of Defense
  • Between the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Armenia, the Civil Service Council of the Republic of Armenia and the British Council on cooperation in the framework of EU Skills program
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Freedom of Travel

Declarations

  • Joint Declaration of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  • Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Economic Cooperation

Trade turnover between Armenia and the United Kingdom thousand US dollars

 

Export

Import (according to the country of origin)

2019

4 503.5

75 164.9

2020

5 449.4

29 493.0

2021

7 645.7

34 272.8

2022

12 855.2

79 652.0

 

Updated on 22.02.2023

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