Bilateral Relations
Georgia
General Information
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Georgia were established on 17 July 1992.
The RA Embassy in Tbilisi has been functioning since July 1993. The Consulate General of the RA in Batumi was established in April 2008. Ashot Smbatyan has been appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Georgia since September 2022. The Georgian Embassy in Yerevan has been operating since May 1995. On 28 February 2023, the newly appointed Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Armenia Georgy Sharvashidze presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturian.
The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Security, signed in October 2001, provides the legal basis for the bilateral relations.
The further development of special and neighborly relations with Georgia is included in the RA Government Programme 2021-2026.
An interparliamentary friendship group has been established between the Republic of Armenia and Georgia. A significant role is played by the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between the two countries, the 12th session of which was held in Yerevan on 12 January 2023 with the participation of the Prime-Ministers of the two countries.
During the visit of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia to Georgia on 26 January, 2024, within the framework of the 13th meeting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Georgia, the Joint Declaration on the Establishment of a Strategic Partnership between the Republic of Armenia and Georgia was signed with the Prime Minister of Georgia, which brought the Armenian-Georgian relations to a completely new level.
Regular meetings and contacts between senior officials and heads of sectoral departments of the two states continue to take place. Regular consultations are held between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the two countries.
Visits
to Georgia
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January 2024 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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November 2023 |
Araik Harutyunyan, Head of the Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia |
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October 2023 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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July 2023 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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November 2022 |
Alen Simonyan, President of the National Assembly of the RA |
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July 2022 |
Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RA |
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May 2022 |
Suren Papikyan, Minister of Defense of Armenia. |
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May 2022 |
Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council of RA |
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May 2022 |
Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the RA |
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March 2022 |
Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RA |
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December 2021 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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September 2021 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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April 2021 |
Armen Sarkissian, President of the RA |
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January 2021 |
Ara Ayvazyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RA |
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March 2020 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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July 2019 |
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RA |
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January 2019 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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December 2018 |
Armen Sarkissian, President of the RA |
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May 2018 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime-Minister of the RA |
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May 2018 |
Armen Sarkissian, President of the RA |
to Armenia
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December 2023 |
Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia |
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November 2023 |
Juansher Burchuladze, Minsiter of Defence of Georgia |
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January 2023 |
Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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June 2022 |
Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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April 2022 |
Shalva Darchiashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia |
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April 2022 |
Shalva Papuashvili, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia |
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February 2022 |
Vakhtang Gomelauri, Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Chief of the State Security Service of Georgia |
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October 2021 |
Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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May 2021 |
Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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October 2019 |
Giorgi Gakharia, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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March 2019 |
Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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March 2019 |
Salome Zourabichvili, President of Georgia |
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September 2018 |
Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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March 2018 |
Giorgi Kvirikashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia |
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Legal area
The Republic of Armenia and Georgia have signed nearly 120 international treaties, agreements, memoranda and protocols, which encompass almost all aspect of bilateral relations.
Trade and Economic cooperation
There are a number of documents that create favourable conditions for trade, avoidance of double taxation, automobile and air connections, legal assistance, investment promotion and development of economic relations, as well as agreements that create favourable conditions for development of various spheres of trade-economic relations.
Turnover between Armenia and Georgia (thous. US dollars)
| Trade turnover | Export | Import (countries of origin) | Import (country of consignment) | |
| 2019 | 148 993.0 | 69265.4 | 79727.6 | 485358.9 |
| 2020 | 130 431.7 | 57450 | 72981.7 | 322269.5 |
| 2021 | 190 339.7 | 68309.2 | 122030.5 | 354297.5 |
| 2022 | 301 031.8 | 156 246.1 | 144 785.7 | 723 162.5 |
| 2023* | 238,968.30 | 129187 | 109781.3 | 840590 |
* - The data for 2023 includes the trade turnover for January-November.
The main products imported from Georgia to Armenia are:
agricultural goods, mineral water, chemical products, pharmaceuticals.
The main types of products exported from Armenia to Georgia are:
equipment for mining industry, horticulture and aviculture (poultry products) goods, agricultural goods, products of food industry.
Updated on 02.02.2024