Bilateral Relations
Poland
General information
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Poland were established on 26 February 1992. The Agreement on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations was concluded through the exchange of notes, signed on 24 January 1992 in Warsaw and on 26 February 1992 in Yerevan.
The Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Warsaw was inaugurated on 6 April 1998.
On 28 June 2023, Piotr Skwieciński, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Poland to the Republic of Armenia handed over his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan.
On 26 October 2023, Alexander Arzumanyan, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Poland handed over his credentials to the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.
The Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was established upon “The Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Economic Cooperation”. The first meeting of the Commission was held on 13 July 2010 in Yerevan, the recent one on 29 June 2023 in Yerevan.
The Armenian-Polish intergovernmental commission on military-technical cooperation was established in 2012.
Visits
To Poland
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July 2023 |
Alen Simonyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, official visit |
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July 2022 |
Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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April 2022 |
Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council |
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June 2019 |
Ararat Mirzoyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, working visit (participation in the 4th Summit of Speakers of Central and Eastern European Parliaments) |
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October 2017 |
Ara Babloyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, official visit |
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April 2017 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, working visit (participation in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Four and EaP countries) |
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July 2016 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President, working visit (participation in the “Resolute Support” Mission in Afghanistan Meeting of NATO member and non-member States and Heads of Government) |
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September 2013 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, working visit |
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June 2013 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President, official visit |
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May 2013 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, working visit (participation in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Visegrad Four and Eastern Partnership countries) |
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November 2011 |
Armen Gevorgyan, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration, working visit (participation in the Second Ministerial Conference of the “Building Migration Partnerships in Action - Prague Process”) |
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September 2011 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President, working visit (participation in the second Eastern Partnership summit) |
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April 2010 |
Hovik Abrahamyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, working visit (participation in the funeral of Polish President Lech Kaczyński) |
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April 2009 |
Hovik Abrahamyan, Chairman of the National Assembly, official visit |
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February 2009 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs, official visit |
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May 2005 |
Rօbert Kocharyan, President, working visit (participation in the third summit of the Council of Europe) |
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January 2005 |
Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister, working visit (participation in the ceremony on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau (Oświęcim) concentration camp) |
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September 2004 |
Rօbert Kocharyan, President, official visit |
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April 2004 |
Rօbert Kocharyan, President, working visit (participation in the European Economic Summit) |
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March 2004 |
Artur Baghdasaryan, Chairman of the National Assembly, official visit |
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July 1999 |
Rօbert Kocharyan, President, state visit |
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April 1999 |
Khosrov Harutyunyan, Chairman of the Parliament (National Assembly), official visit |
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January 1998 |
Alexander Arzumanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, official visit |
To Armenia
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April 2022 |
Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, working visit |
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October 2017 |
Witold Waszczykowski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, working visit |
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December 2012 |
Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, working visit (together with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and Bulgaria) |
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July 2011 |
Bronisław Komorowski, President, official visit |
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July 2010 |
Radosław Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs, official visit |
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March 2010 |
Donald Tusk, Prime Minister, working visit |
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February 2007 |
Anna Fotyga, Minister of Foreign Affairs, official visit |
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November 2006 |
Bogdan Borusewicz, Marshal of the Senate, official visit |
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April 2006 |
Bogdan Borusewicz., Marshal of the Senate, official visit |
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October 2002 |
Longin Pastusiak, President (Marshal) of the Senate of the Parliament, official visit |
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November 2001 |
Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President, state visit |
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September 2000 |
Janusz Steinhoff, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, working visit |
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November 1998 |
Bronisław Geremek, Minister of Foreign Affairs, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, working visit |
Legal framework
Signed documents
9 international treaties, as well as a number of other non-legally binding documents of international character, are in force between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Poland:
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation”, signed on 27 January,1998 in Warsaw, entered into force on 19 November, 1999,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland concerning Civil Air Transport”, signed on 27 January, 1998 in Warsaw, entered into force on 6 May, 1999,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Mutual Abolishing of Visa Requirements for Holders of Diplomatic Passports”, signed on 24 November, 1998 in Yerevan, entered into force on 1 January, 2000,
“Convention between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital”, signed on 14 July, 1999 in Warsaw, entered into force on 20 February, 2005,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism”, signed on 14 July, 1999 in Warsaw, entered into force on 26 April, 2000,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cooperation in the Field of Defence”, signed on6 September, 2004 in Warsaw, entered into force on 23 May, 2005,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Cooperation in the Fight against Crime”, signed on 6 September, 2004 in Warsaw, entered into force on 7 April, 2005,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on Economic Cooperation”, signed on 12 March, 2010 in Yerevan, entered into force on 16 June, 2010,
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland on the International Road Transport”, signed on 25 June, 2013 in Warsaw, entered into force on 30 November, 2013,
“Implementing Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland to the “Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union on the Readmission of Persons Residing without Authorization”, done at Brussels on 19 April 2013”, signed on 29 October, 2021 in Warsaw. Undergoing internal procedures necessary for entry into force.
Trade and economic cooperation
Trade turnover between Armenia and Poland /thousand US dollars
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export |
import (by country of origin) |
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2020 |
12015.6 |
39387.9 |
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2021 |
20342.7 |
45356.6 |
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2022 |
22331.8 |
76475.9 |
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2023 |
18376.9 |
138745.2 |
Foreign trade of the Republic of Armenia with Poland by commodity groups
Main goods of import:
Cocoa and product made from it; product made from wheat, flour, starch and milk; confectionery from flour; remnant of food industry; ready fodder; pharmaceutical product; essential oil; means of styling and bath; soap; surface active organic means; cleaning agent and ointment; candles and other means of styling, plastic and plastic goods; glass and glassware; nuclear reactors; pans; electric machine and equipment; recorders and their parts; various ready goods.
Main goods of export:
Products from the processing of vegetables, berries, nuts and plant parts; alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and vinegar; aluminum and products made of it; optical and photographic measuring instrument; medical or surgical devices and apparatus, their parts and facilities; other various goods.
Updated on 12.07.2024