Bilateral Relations
Switzerland
General Information
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation were established on 30 April 1992.
On 7 June 2019 Andranik Hovhannisyan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland (residence in Geneva).
On 21 July 2022, Lukas Rosenkranz Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation to the Republic of Armenia, presented his credentials to Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Republic of Armenia.
Visits
Switzerland
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May 2022 |
Vahagn Khachaturyan, President |
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January 2020 |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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June 2019 |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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January 2019 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister |
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October 2018 |
Armen Sarkissian, President |
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January 2018 |
Karen Karapetyan, Prime Minister |
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February 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, April 30, 1992.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments, November 19, 1998.
- Agreement on trade and economic cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, December 8, 2008.
- Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Federal Council relating to scheduled air services, 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, 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, September 4, 11, 2012.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation, June 4, 2014.
- Agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Swiss Confederation on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, February 29, 2016.
Trade and Economic cooperation
Turnover between Armenia and Switzerland (thousand US dollars)
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Export |
Import (according to the country of origin) |
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2019 |
457859.0 |
53768.2 |
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2020 |
453953.3 |
18166.4 |
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2021 |
359492.7 |
25707.5 |
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2022 |
254587.1 |
45694.5 |
Updated on 10.02.2023