Bilateral Relations
Hungary
General information
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Hungary were established on 26 February 1992.
On 31 August 2012, upon the decision of the National Security Council of the Republic of Armenia decided to suspend the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Hungary.
On the 1st of December 2022, Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary held a meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź, during which they reached an agreement to restore full diplomatic relations.
On 23 September 2025, Haykak Arshamyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Hungary, presented his credentials to the President of Hungary, Tamás Sulyok.
On 15 May 2023, Anna Mária Sikó, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to the Republic of Armenia, presented her credentials to the President of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan.
Armenia and Hungary established the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation in 2026.
Visits
То Armenia
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2025 |
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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2024 |
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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2023 |
Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
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2011 |
Laslo Yover, President of the Parliament |
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2008 |
Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
То Hungary
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2024 |
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister |
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2024 |
Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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2024 |
Vahagn Khachaturyan, President |
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2009 |
Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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2009 |
Serzh Sargsyan, President |
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2007 |
Vardan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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1992 |
Raffi Hovhannissian, Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Legal Framework
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungaryon Cooperation within the framework of the “Stipendium Hungaricum” Scholarship Program for 2023-2025 (signed on October 27, 2023)
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture аnd Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary on cooperation in the field of culture, higher education, vocational education and training and innovation, science and technology (signed on February 6, 2024)
- Agreement between the Government of Republic of Armenia and the Government of Hungary on Economic cooperation (signed on May 6, 2024)
- Cooperation Programme between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary for the years 2024-2025 (signed on May 6, 2024)
- Memorandum on Twin Cities between the community of Sevan (Republic of Armenia) and the city of Balatonalmadi (Hungary) - (signed on 2025 February 26)
- Memorandum of Understanding between Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Hungary (signed on 2025 April 25)
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary on Cooperation in the field of Green Energy Transition. Signed on 27 May 2025, in Yerevan.
- Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary on cooperation within the framework of the “Stipendium Hungaricum” programme for the years 2026-2028. Signed on 27 May 2025, in Yerevan.
Bilateral Trade Turnover
Trade turnover between Armenia and Hungary (in thousand US dollars)
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|
export |
import (by country of origin) |
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2021 |
632.5 |
15726.3 |
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2022 |
447.7 |
25276.4 |
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2023 |
1168.3 |
30343.3 |
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2024 |
1064.5 |
34896.4 |
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2025 |
383.5 |
44951.1 |
Updated on 27.04.2026