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 since April 1993 the Egyptian embassy has been operating in Yerevan.
On July 26, 2021 Hrachya Poladyan was appointed 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 Vahagn Khachaturyan.
Visits
To Egypt
|
March 1992 |
Foreign Minister Raffi Hovhannisian |
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May 1992 |
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
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January 1993 |
Acting Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosyan |
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March 1997 |
Foreign Minister Alexander Arzoumanyan |
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May 1997 |
President of the National Assembly Babken Ararktsyan |
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February 1999 |
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian |
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January 2005 |
Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian |
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December 2005 |
Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan |
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April 2007 |
President Robert Kocharyan |
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February 2009 |
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian |
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January 2010 |
President of the National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan |
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May 2012 |
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian |
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March 2015 |
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan |
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January 2019 |
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan |
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September 2020 |
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan |
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November 2022 |
President Vahagn Khachaturyan (COP27) |
To Armenia
|
January 1992 |
Deputy Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri |
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October 2002 |
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Faiza Abou el-Naga |
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September 2017 |
Minister of Investment and International Cooperation Sahar Nasr |
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
23 agreements, 12 protocols, 14 memoranda, 5 executive programs were signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Arab Republic of Egypt in various fields, such as trade, tourism, education, science, healthcare, culture, environment etc.
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:
1996 June, Yerevan
1997 May, Cairo
2002 October, Yerevan
2005 December, Cairo
2017 September, Yerevan
Bilateral Trade Volume (in thousand USD)
|
Year |
Export |
Imports (by country of origin) |
Imports (by exporting country) |
|
|
2019 |
12.0 |
5841.9 |
2639.2 |
|
|
2020 |
11.3 |
4141.2 |
2962.0 |
|
|
2021 |
20.5 |
14123.0 |
6757.5 |
|
|
2022 (January- October) |
118․9 |
22067.7 |
18382.1 |
|
Updated on 17.01.2023