Bilateral Relations
China
BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA
General information
Armenian-Chinese official talks started, when the People’s Republic of China officially recognize the Republic of Armenia on December 27th, 1991. Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China were established on April 6th 1992.
Republic of Armenia
On 10th October, 1996 in Beijing was opened the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia.
From 1996 to 1997 Mr. Azat MArtirosian was appointed as Charge d’Affairs of the Republic of Armenia to PRC
From 1997 to 2001 Mr. Azat Martirosyan was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to China
From 2001 to 2007 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to China was Mr. Vasili Kazaryan
From 2007 to 2008 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to China was Mr. Vahagn Movsisyan
From 2008 to present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to China is Mr. Armen Sargsyan
People’s Republic of China
On July 1992 in Yerevan was opened the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China.
From 1993 to 1995 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia was Zhao Xidin
From 1995 to 1998 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia was Yan Kejun.
From 1998 to 2002 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia was Zhu Zhaoshun
From 2002 to 2007 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia was Zuo Xueliang.
From 2007 to 2010 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia was Hong Juyin.
From 2010 to present Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to Armenia is Mr. Tian Changchun
From 1992 in Yerevan functionates trade mission of the People’s Republic of China.
Visits
To China
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July 2-6, 1992 |
Official Visit of Mr. G.Harutyunyan, Vice-President, Prime-minister of RA |
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May 3-6, 1996 |
State visit of the President of RA L.Ter-Petrossian |
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November 30 - December 3, 1996 |
Official visit of the Chairman of the National Assembly of RA Mr. B.Ararkcyan |
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August 29 - September 4, 1999 |
Official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RA Mr. V.Oskanian |
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December, 2000 |
Working visit of the Prime-Minister of RA Mr. A.Margaryan |
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February, 2001 |
Official visit of the Chairman of the National Assembly of RA Mr. A.Khachatryan |
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September 26, 2004 |
State visit of the President of RA Mr. R.Kocharyan |
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June 13-14, 2005 |
Working visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RA Mr. V.Oskanian |
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December 15-20, 2008 |
Official visit of the Chairman of National Assembly of RA Mr. H. Abrahamyan |
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September 10-14, 2009 |
Official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of RA Mr. E. Nalbandyan |
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April 29-3 May, 2010 |
Working visit of the President of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Serzh Sargsyan on the Opening ceremony of international exhibition "Shanghai Expo-2010" |
| September 19-23, 2010 | Working visit of the Prime-minister of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Tigran Sarkisyan on the Armenian National Day within the framework of international exhibition "Shanghai Expo-2010" |
| August 22-27, 2011 | Visit of the Vice Prime-minister, Minister of Territorial Administration of the Republic of Armenia Mr. Armen Gevorgyan |
To Armenia
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April 15-16, 1996 |
Official visit of Vice-Premier of the State Counsil of PRC, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Qian Qichen |
| September 2003 |
Visit of the Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Mr. Luo Gan |
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October 18-19, 2004 |
Official visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC Mr. Li Zhaoxing |
| February 16-17, 2011 | Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of PRC Mr. Yang Jiechi |
| April 11-13, 2011 |
Official visit of the Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee Mr. Li Changchun |
Signed documents
Agreements
1. Trade-economic agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of People's Republic of China – January 9, 1992, Yerevan
2. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of People's Republic of China on reciprocal promotion and protection of investments – July 4, 1992, Beijing
3. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture, education, sport, health and tourism – July 4, 1992, Beijing
4. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China on scientific-technical cooperation – July 4, 1992, Beijing
5. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on state credit for delivery commodities from China to Armenia – July 4, 1992, Beijing
6. Agreement between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of health and medical science – August 26, 1993, Yerevan
7. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People's Republic of China relating to civil air transport – May, 1996, Beijing
8. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income and on capital – May 5, 1996, Beijing
9. Agreement on banking cooperation between the Central bank of the Republic of Armenia and the National Bank of China – April 6, 1996, Beijing
10. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on military industrial and technological cooperation – May 28, 1997
11. Agreement between the Department of standardization, metrology and certification under the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the State Bureau of quality and technical control of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the field of standardization, metrology and certification – September 15, 1998, Geneva
12. Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of agriculture – April 19, 1999, Beijing
13. Agreement between the General Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Armenia and the Supreme National Prosecutor's Office of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation – September 9, 1999, Beijing
14. Agreement between the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of education – December, 2000, Beijing
15. Agreement on cooperation between the Ministry of Culture, Youth Affairs and Sport of the Republic of Armenia and the The General Administration of Sports of the People’s Republic of China – October 17, 2002, Beijing
16. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – September 27, 2004, Beijing
17. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on mutual allocation of buildings and territory for placement Embassies of two countries – June 13, 2005, Beijing
18. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – September 26, 2005, Beijing
19. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – December 28, 2007, Yerevan
20. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – June 24, 2009, Yerevan
21. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – September 11, 2009, Beijing
22. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – June 2, 2010, Yerevan
23. Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on technical-economic cooperation – April 12, 2011, Yerevan
Protocols
1. Protocol between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on consultations – July 4, 1992, Beijing
2. Protocol on cooperation in the field of conversion between the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the Republic of Armenia and Committee of defence science, technology and industry of the People’s Republic of China – August 21, 1997
3. Protocol between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China on exchange documents of Consualar Convention – October 29, 1997
Memorandums
1. Memorandum on visit of the trade-economic governmental delegation of Jiangxu province of China to the Republic of Armenia – September2, 1998
2. Memorandum of understanding between the Department of emergency situations under the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Department of Eurthquake protection of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of seismic protection – September 27, 2004, Beijing
3. Memorandum of understanding on Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture of The Republic of Armenia and the General Administration of press and publication of the People's Republic of China - April 12, 2011, Yerevan
4. Memorandum on Cooperation between radio "Impulse" of Armenia and China Radio International - April 12, 2011, Yerevan
Other
1. Joint communiqué on establishment diplomatic relations betwenn the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – April 6, 1992, Yerevan
2. Consulary convention between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – December 26, 1993, Yerevan
3. Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sport of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture on 1997-1998 – May 5, 1996, Beijing
4. Joint communiqué between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China on principles of friendly relations – May 5, 1996, Beijing
5. Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sport of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture on 1999-2000 – September, 1998, Yerevan
6. Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sport of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture on 2003-2004 – April 30, 2002, Yerevan
7. Joint statement between the Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China – September, 2004
8. Program between the Ministry of culture, youth affairs and sport of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of culture of the People’s Republic of China on cooperation in the fields of culture on 2005-2007 – September 27, 2004, Beijing
Trade and economic relations
Bilateral trade between Armenia and China
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IMPORT |
Export |
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2008 |
1.8 million US dollar |
169.4 million US dollar |
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2009 |
17.88 million US dollar |
133.54 million US dollar |
| 2010 |
30.867 million US dollar |
223395.2 million US dollar |
| 2011 |
16262.4 million US dollar |
209939.3 million US dollar |
Main imported goods
Minerals.
Main exported goods
Clothes, shoes, machinery, chemicals, equipments, construction materials, food etc.
Updated on 16.03.2012