Bilateral Relations

General information

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus were established on 18 March, 1992.

On 2 May 2025, Inna Torgomyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of Cyprus, presented her credentials to the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides.

On 21 October 2024, Michael Mavros, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cyprus to the Republic of Armenia, presented his credentials to the President of the Republic of Armenia, Vahagn Khachaturyan.

Armenia and Cyprus have established three intergovernmental commissions:

Intergovernmental Commission on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation (in 2011).
Intergovernmental Commission on Economic, Industrial, and Technical Cooperation (in 2009).
Joint Commission for the Fight Against Organized Crime (in 2008).

Visits

To Armenia

2025	Annita Demetriou, President of the House of Representatives
2024	Constantinos Kombos, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2024	Vasilis Palmas, Minister of Defence
2018	Demetris Syllouris, President of the House of Representatives
2015	Nicos Anastasiades, President
2015	Yiannakis Omirou, President of the House of Representatives
2014	Yiannakis Omirou, President of the House of Representatives
2012	Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009	Demetris Christofias, President
2008	Marios Garoyian, President of the House of Representatives
2004	Demetris Christofias, President of the House of Representatives
2001	Spyros Kyprianou, President of the House of Representatives
1998	Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister of Foreign Affairs

To Cyprus

2024	Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2023	Suren Papikyan, Minister of Defence
2021	Alen Simonyan, President of the National Assembly
2019	Ararat Mirzoyan, President of the National Assembly
2019	Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2016	Serzh Sargsyan, President
2015	Galust Sahakyan, President of the National Assembly
2012	Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2011	Serzh Sargsyan, President
2011	Serzh Sargsyan, President
2006	Robert Kocharyan, President
2004	Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2003	Arthur Baghdassarian, President of the National Assembly
1999	Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
1995	Vahan Papazian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Legal framework

Protocol between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations 18 March, 1992
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on International Transport Services 27 May, 1994
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments 18 January, 1995
Trade Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus 18 January, 1995
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Field of Tourism 18 January, 1995
Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus on Creation of Consultation Mechanisms. 18 January, 1995
Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between the Civil Service Council of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Cyprus.
Agreement on Mutual Exemption of Visa Requirements for Holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports 27 January, 1997
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Economic, Industrial, and Technological Cooperation 11 September, 1998
Project between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Field of Agriculture 11 September, 1998
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Fields of Culture, Education and Science 11 September, 1998
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in Air Service 11 September, 1998
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Military and Military-Technical Cooperation 21 February, 2002
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Fields of Health and Medicine 5 July, 2004
Agreement between the Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Field of Culture for Years 2006-2008. 23 November, 2006
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Field of Struggle against Organized and Other Types of Crimes 23 November, 2006
Memorandum of Understanding between the Central Banks of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Field of Bank Surveillance 13 April, 2006
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus about military and military-technical cooperation agreement for the implementation of the Protocol on Cyprus Intergovernmental Committee. 30 November, 2010.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus in 2011-2012 on the implementation of the Joint Action Plan in the field of tourism cooperation agreement. 17 January, 2011, Nicosia
Between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Cyprus for Avoidance of Double Taxation and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income and Capital. 17 January, 2011, Nicosia
Action plan between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus on cooperation in the fields of health and medical science. 17 January, 2011.
Memorandum between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on cooperation about the European Union. 3 April, 2012.
Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Armenia and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Cyprus. 1 July, 2013
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Mutual Recognition of the Higher Educational Qualification to start and continue education in the higher education institutions of the two countries. 16 March, 2016
Program of Cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus on Cooperation in the Area of Education and Science for 2016-2020. 16 March, 2016
Action Plan between the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus in the Area of Culture, 16 March, 2016
Military Cooperation Program for the year 2017 between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Cyprus. 29 May 2017, Nicosia
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Exchange and Mutual Protection of Classified Information. 29 May 2017, Nicosia
Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in Diaspora Affairs between the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia and the Office of the Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian and Overseas Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus. 19 June 2017, Yerevan
Memorandum of Understanding between the Office of the Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, the Office of the Commissioner of the President of the Republic of Cyprus and the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Greece. Signed on June 24, 2022 in Patras, Greece.
Program -Armenia-Greece, Armenia-Cyprus and Armenia-Greece-Cyprus military cooperation for 2024. It was signed in 2023. in December, in Yerevan.
Memorandum of Understanding "Regarding cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cyprus". It was signed in 2024. March 7 in Yerevan.

Bilateral Trade Turnover

Trade turnover between Armenia and Cyprus (in thousand US dollars)

	export	import (by country of origin)
2021	284.6	727.2
2022	5492.2	502.2
2023	2023	2023
2024	3965.4	562.2
2025	1081.4	12687.8

Updated on 27.04.2026

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