Bilateral Relations
United States of America
General information
The United States of America has acknowledged the independence of the Republic of Armenia on December 25th, 1991. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were established on January 7th, 1992.
The US Embassy in Yerevan was opened in February 1992.
The Embassy of Armenia in Washington D.C. was opened in March 1992.
The Consulate General of Armenia in Los Angeles was established in 1995.
From September 2018 the Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles is Armen Baibourtian.
On March 5th 2019 US Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia Armen Sarkissian.
From October 1st 2021 the Ambassador of Armenia to the United States is Lilit Makunts.
The United States of America is the most important partner for Armenia. The USA plays an important role in political and economic life of Armenia. The USA is actively engaged in the OSCE Minsk Group process of peaceful settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict as a co-chair, along with Russia and France. The USA is the biggest humanitarian and technical aid provider to Armenia.
Visits
To USA
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November 1991 |
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
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July 1993 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vahan Papazian |
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August 1994 |
President Levon Ter-Petrosyan |
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January 1997 |
Prime Minsiter Armen Sargsyan |
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April 1999 |
President Robert Kocharyan |
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October 1999 |
Prime Minsiter Vazgen Sargsyan |
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April 2000 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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June 2000 |
President Robert Kocharyan |
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March 2001 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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April 2001 |
President Robert Kocharyan |
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February 2003 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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June 2004 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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June 2005 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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March 2006 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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March 2007 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian |
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October 2007 |
Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan |
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July 2008 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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October 2008 |
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan |
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May 2009 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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November 2009 |
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan |
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April 2010 |
President Serzh Sargsyan |
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May 2011 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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September 2011 |
President Serzh Sargsyan |
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February 2012 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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March 2012 |
Minister of Defense Seiran Ohanyan |
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May 2012 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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September 2012 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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December 2012 |
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan |
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June 2013 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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September 2013 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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September 2014 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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September 2015 |
President Serzh Sarsgyan |
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March-April 2016 |
President Serzh Sarsgyan |
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October 2016 |
President Serzh Sarsgyan |
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September 2017 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian |
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June 2018 |
President Armen Sarkissian |
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June 2018 |
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan |
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April 2019 |
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan |
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June 2019 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanian |
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July 2019 |
President of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan |
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September 2019 |
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan |
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October 2019 |
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan |
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March 2020 |
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan |
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October 2020 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanian |
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September 2021 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan |
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January 2022 |
President of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan |
To Armenia
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February 1992 |
James Baker, Secretary of State |
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November 1999 |
Strobe Talbot, Deputy Secretary of State |
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December 2001 |
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense |
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March 2004 |
Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State |
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October 2005 |
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State, Head of the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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March 2006 |
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State, Head of the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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June 2008 |
David Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |
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June 2008 |
David Bohigian Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance |
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October 2008 |
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State, Head of the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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June 2009 |
Philip Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State, Head of the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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July 2009 |
James Steinberg, Principal Deputy Secretary of State |
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February 2010 |
James Steinberg, Principal Deputy Secretary of State |
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July 2010 |
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State |
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February 2011 |
James Steinberg, Principal Deputy Secretary of State |
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May 2011 |
Daniel W. Yohannes, Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation |
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October 2011 |
William J. Burns, Principal Deputy Secretary of State |
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June 2012 |
Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State |
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October 2012 |
Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Secretary |
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October 2012 |
Ray Mabus, Secretary of the NAVY |
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December 2013 |
Tomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary |
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September 2013 |
John A. Perez, California State Assembly Speaker |
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April 2014 |
Congressional delegation headed by Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce |
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February 2015 |
Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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April 2015 |
Delegation headed by Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Department of Treasury |
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January 2016 |
Dr. Charles Kupchan, Advisor to the US president on special issues and Director in charge of European issues of State Security |
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February 2016 |
Victoria Nuland, Assistant to the Secretary of State |
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July 2016 |
Jim Costa, Member of US House of Representatives |
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November 2016 |
Michael Carpenter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
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July 2017 |
Dan Mullaney, Deputy of the State Trade Representative |
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September 2017 |
Edward Gresser, Assistant of the Trade Representative |
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September 2017 |
Working visit of the Delegation of Congress |
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October 2017 |
Delegation of California’s Senate and Assembly representatives |
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February, May 2018 |
Bridget Brink, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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March 2018 |
Brian D. McFeeters, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs |
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October 2018 |
John Bolton, US National Security Advisor |
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December 2018 |
Brock Bierman, USAID Assistant Administrator |
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May 2019 |
George Kent, Deputy Assistant Secretary |
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July 2019 |
Eleni Kounalakis, Deputy Governor of California |
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September 2019 |
Laura Cooper,Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
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September-October 2019 |
Visit of the Delegation of Congress |
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June 2021 |
Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs |
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November 2021 |
Erika Olson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State |
Legal field
Agreements
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on trade relations (signed in April 2, 1992, entered into force April 7, 1992)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on investment incentive (signed in April 2, 1992, entered into force April 2, 1992)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America concerning the program of the Peace Corps in Armenia (signed in September 24, 1992, entered into force September 24, 1992)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America concerning the reciprocal encouragement and protection of investment, with annexes (signed in September 23, 1992, entered into force March 29, 1996)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on science and technology cooperation (signed in February 28, 1997, entered into force September 28, 1997)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America concerning cooperation in the area of counter proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (signed in July 24, 2000, entered into force November 25, 2002)
- Arrangement between the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S.N.R.C.) and the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the RA (A.N.R.A.) for the exchange of technical information and cooperation in nuclear safety matters (signed in February, 2007)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on civil aviation security (signed in October, 2007)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on air transport (signed in November, 2008)
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on status of the Quality Schools International (signed in October 5, 2009)
- Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on science and technology cooperation (signed in November 3, 2009)
- Agreement between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Armenia Concerning Cooperation in the Area of Prevention of Proliferation of Technology, Pathogens and Expertise that Could Be Used in the Development of Biological Weapons (singed in September, 2010)
- Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (singed in May 7, 2015)
- Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on Foreign Account Tax Compliance (singed in February 12, 2018)
- Framework Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the State of California on Cooperation (singed in September 24, 2019)
Protocols
- Protocol Amendments to the letter of Agreement on narcotics control and law enforcement of June 11, 2001 between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (signed in April 14, 2003 and September 19, 2008)
Memorandums
- Of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on US-Armenia Task Force (signed in January 27, 2000)
- Of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on social and health issues (signed in August 16, 2000)
- Of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on the participation of Armenian students in US Government Educational Exchange Programs (signed in March 3, 2006)
Other
- Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the United States of America on employment of dependents of members of diplomatic missions and consular posts (exchange of notes at Yerevan, September 20 and December 30, 2005)
Trade and economic relations
The US-Armenia trade and economic relations were regulated by the US-Armenia Task Force (USATF) until 2019. The working group sessions convened once a year in the capitals of the two countries.
The agenda of the bilateral intergovernmental commission was significantly expanded with the suggestion of the Armenian side, thus launching a new format of relations - the US-Armenia Strategic Dialogue (USASD). The first session of the strategic dialogue took place in Yerevan in May 2019.In 2020 the USASD sessions were online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bilateral trade between Armenia and USA (thousand USD)
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Export |
Import (by country of origin) |
Import (by trading country) |
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2011 |
100727.6 |
147372.1 |
153562.8 |
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2012 |
87467.9 |
143074.2 |
142768.2 |
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2013 |
89029.7 |
137445.2 |
132733.2 |
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2014 |
91412.4 |
132018.5 |
144912.5 |
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2015 |
52959.7 |
109154.1 |
107333.0 |
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2016 |
38793.8 |
88105.6 |
73277.0 |
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2017 |
61647.8 |
104609.9 |
144289.9 |
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2018 |
47675.2 |
178392.3 |
190586.4 |
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2019 |
53909.0 |
280321.0 |
358157.7 |
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2020 |
67855.0 |
84207.1 |
78338.1 |
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2021 (01.03.2021) |
49552․6 |
55138․2 |
59927․0 |
Main exported goods
- spirit and alcohol goods
- carpets and rugs
- diamonds and other precious and semiprecious stones and metals
- aluminum
Main imported goods
- automobiles (passenger, cargo and pickups)
- telephones, mobile phones and other communication equipment
- computers and parts
- clothing
meat products
Updated 11.03.2022