Bilateral Relations
Switzerland
General Information
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation were established on 5 January 1992.
On 7 June 2019 Andranik Hovhannisyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland (with residence in Geneva).
On 14 September 2018 Stefano Lazzarotto, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to Armenia, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia, Armen Sarkissyan.
Visits
Switzerland
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January 2020թ. |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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June 2019թ. |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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January 2019թ. |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister |
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2018թ. հոկտեմբեր |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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2018 |
Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister |
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2016 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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March 2012 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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May 2011 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President |
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October 2010 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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July, September 2010 |
Hovik Abrahamyan, President of the National Assembly |
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October, November 2009 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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January 2009 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President |
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March 2007 |
Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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December 2003 |
Robert Kocharyan, President |
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December 2002 |
Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister |
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January 2000 |
Robert Kocharyan, President |
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January 1999 |
Robert Kocharyan, President |
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November 1998 |
Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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December 1995 |
Vahan Papazian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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December 1994 |
Vahan Papazian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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October 1992 |
Babken Ararkcyan, President of the National Assembly |
Armenia
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June 2014 |
Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation, Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Chairman-in- Office of the OSCE |
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March 2011 |
Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Councillor of Foreign Affairs |
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June 2008 |
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Federal Councillor of Foreign Affairs, |
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November 2007 |
Christine Egerszegi-Obrist, Speaker of the National Council |
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June 2006 |
Micheline Calmy-Rey, Federal Councillor of Foreign Affairs |
Legal framework
- Exchange of Notes between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations. Signed on Januray 5, 1992.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments. Signed on November 19, 1998.
- Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council. Signed on November 19, 1998
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Switzerland regarding the financial and technical cooperation for assistance to the real property cadastral system. Signed on October 18, 2001
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council on the readmission of persons with unauthorized stays. Signed on October 30, 2003
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Swiss Confederation concerning technical, financial and humanitarian cooperation. Signed on April 3, 2004.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Swiss Confederation regarding the financial and technical cooperation for assistance to the Armenian Emergency Response System. Signed on March 11, 2005.
- Convention between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation for the avoidance of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and on capital. Signed on June 12, 2006.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Swiss Confederation concerning the cooperation in the event of emergency situation. Signed on December 8, 2008.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council relating to scheduled air services. Signed on November 10, 2009.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council on abolition of visa requirement with respect to diplomatic passport holders. Signed on November 10, 2009.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council on the performance of remunerated activities by accompanying persons of members of diplomatic missions, consular posts and permanent missions to an international organization of one State officially accredited to the other or to an international organization established in the other state. Signed on September 4, 11, 2012.
- Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas. Signed on February 29, 2016.
Turnover between Armenia and Switzerland (thousand US dollars)
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Export |
Import (according to the country of origin) |
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2017 |
261389.3 |
96446.6 |
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2018 |
337460.3 |
128790.0 |
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2019 |
457859.0 |
53786.3 |
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2020 |
467302.9 |
18247.7 |
Updated on 12.04.2021