Bilateral Relations

General information

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the United Arab Emirates were established on June 25, 1998.

The Armenian embassy in Abu Dhabi was founded in 2000.

The embassy of the UAE in Armenia was founded in 2015.

In 2018, the Republic of Armenia opened a Consulate General of RA in Dubai.

On October 7, 2022 Karen Grigoryan was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the UAE.

Visits

UAE

2022 May	Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2022 January	Armen Sargsyan, President
2021 October	Armen Sargsyan, President
2021 March	Ara Ayvazyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2020 November	Armen Sargsyan, President
2020 January	Armen Sargsyan, President
2019 November	Armen Sargsyan, President
2019 February	Davit Tonoyan, Minister of Defense
2019 January	Armen Sargsyan, President
2017 March	Serzh Sargsyan, President
2016 November	Serzh Sargsyan, President
2014 January	Hovik Abrahamyan, Speaker of the National Assembly
2014 January	Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians
2013 March	Armen Gevorgyan, Deputy Prime Minister
2012 November	Edward Nalbandyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2007 December	Robert Kocharyan, President
2007 October	Vardan Oskanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2005 September	Vardan Oskanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2002 April	Robert Kocharyan, President
2000 September	Vardan Oskanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Armenia

2019 May	Ahmad Ali al-Sayegh, Minister of State
2017 July	Abdallah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2015 October	Zaki Nuseiba, Advisor to the President
2015 April	Abdul Rahman Mohammad al-Uwaisi, Minister of Health
2013 May	Sayyed Hareb al-Amimi, Chairman of the Control Chamber
2009 December	Anvar Gargash, State Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009 June	Abdallah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2005 September	Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah

Legal Base

Protocols

A joint protocol on establishing diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the United Arab Emirates was signed on June 25, 1998.
Armenia and UAE have signed 17 agreements and 8 MOUs in the fields of trade, economy, culture, science, health, finance, investments, environment, tourism, security etc.

Intergovernmental Commission

Since 2019, the Armenian-Emirati Intergovernmental commission for Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation has been operating.
The commission has so far held one session in October, 2019, Yerevan

Armenia-UAE Trade Indicators

The key trade indicators between the Republic of Armenia and the UAE (million USD)

Updated on 24.11.2022