Bilateral Relations
Egypt
General Information
The Republic of Armenia and the Arab Republic of Egypt established diplomatic relations on March 9, 1992.
Armenia opened an embassy in Cairo in September 1992, and the Egyptian embassy has been operating in Yerevan since April 1993.
On October 24, 2024 Armen Sargsyan was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
On December 6, 2022, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia, Serenade Soliman Gamil presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia.
Visits
To Egypt
|
March 2024 |
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan |
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March 2024 |
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan |
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March 2023 |
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan |
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November 2022 |
President Vahagn Khachaturyan (COP27) |
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September 2020 |
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan |
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January 2019 |
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan |
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March 2015 |
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan |
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May 2012 |
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian |
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January 2010 |
President of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan |
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February 2009 |
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian |
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April 2007 |
President Robert Kocharyan |
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December 2005 |
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan |
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January 2005 |
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian |
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February 1999 |
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian |
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May 1997 |
President of the National Assembly Babken Ararktsyan |
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March 1997 |
Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanyan |
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January 1993 |
Acting Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan |
|
May 1992 |
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
|
March 1992 |
Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisian |
To Armenia
|
January 2023 |
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi |
|
January 1992 |
Deputy Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri |
Legal Framework
Around 23 agreements, 20 memoranda of understanding, and 12 protocols on cooperation in diplomatic, political, trade-economic, educational, cultural, and other spheres have been signed between the governments, ministries, and other governmental bodies of the Republic of Armenia and the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Intergovernmental Committee
The Armenian-Egyptian Intergovernmental Joint Committee for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation has been operating since 1996. Up to date, five sessions of the Committee have been held:
2017 September, Yerevan,
2005 December, Cairo,
2002 October, Yerevan,
1997 May, Cairo,
1996 June, Yerevan.
Trade Turnover (in thousand USD)
|
|
export |
import (country of origin) |
|
2020 |
11.3 |
4141.2 |
|
2021 |
20.5 |
14123.0 |
|
2022 |
130.5 |
24651.8 |
|
2023 |
102.7 |
26753.6 |
|
2024 |
255.3 |
183822.8 |
Updated on 06.03.2025