Bilateral Relations

General information

Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Canada were established on January 31, 1992. In January 1995 Armenia opened Embassy in Ottawa.

Since 2019 Anahit Harutyunyan is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Canada. Ambassador Harutyunyan is also representing Armenia in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, residence in Montreal).

Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Armenia are concurrently accredited in Russia (the current Ambassador is Alison LeClair, since 2020).

The Office of the Honorary Consul of Canada in Armenia was opened in 1997.

Since 2022 Vardges Avagyan was appointed as the Honorary Consul of Canada.

In 2022 Levon Afeyan was appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Armenia in Montreal, Canada.

On June 25, 2021 Canadian Prime Minister J. Trudeau appointed Canada's Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe, Canada's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to France and Monaco Stéphane Dion as the Special Envoy to Armenia, who carries out a special mission to support Armenia's civil society, democratic institutions, multilateral system engagement and economic partnership.

From February 25 to March 1, 2022, a delegation headed by Special Envoy Stephan Dion visited Armenia, as a result of which the special envoy presented a comprehensive report to the Canadian authorities ("In support of democracy in Armenia", publication date: June 3, 2022), highlighted the best ways in which Canada can support Armenia in its efforts to improving democracy.

On June 29, 2022, Foreign Minister of Canada Mélanie Jolyannounced the opening of diplomatic mission of Canada in Armenia.

Visits

To Canada

October, 2022	Visit of the delegation of the National Assembly within the framework of the "Support to the National Assembly of Armenia" program (Ottawa)
September, 2022	Armenian-Canadian political consultations at the level of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Ottawa)
July, 2018	Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan
April, 2018	Deputy Prime Minister Vache Gabrielyan
November, 2017	Minister of Defense Vigen Sargsyan
July, 2014	Delegation of Armenian National Assembly
May-June, 2010	Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan
October, 2008	Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian (20th Summit of Heads of Member States of International Organization of the Francophonie)
December, 2007	Adviser to the RA President Vahram Nersisyants
October, 2006	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan
May, 2006	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan
October, 2003	Delegation of the National Assembly of Armenia
September, 2002	NA Speaker Armen Khachatryan
September, 1999	Minister of Foreign Affairs Vardan Oskanyan

То Armenia

October, 2018	Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's official visit to Armenia
August, 2017	Visit of Canadian MPs Tony Clement, Rachael Harder and the head of One Free World International company Majed-al-Shafii
April, 2015	Minister of Immigration and Citizenship of Canada Chris Alexander and President of the Parliament's Canada-Armenia Friendship Group Harold Albrecht (100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide)
August, 2014	Canadian Members of Parliament Brad Budd, Leon Benoit and Russ Hubert accompanied by the members of One Free World International
September, 2013	Stephan Dion, Member of Parliament
April, 2013	Canadian delegation led by Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Deepak Obhrai on the occasion of the Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Armenia
July, 2012	Members of the House of Commons Jim Karijanis (including a visit to Nagorno-Karabakh) and Alec-sander Bullris
September, 2010	Delegation of the Parliament
September, 2010	Delegation of the Parliament
May, 2007	Nicole Demers, Member of the Canadian House of Commons
July, 2003	Sarkis Assadourian, Delegation of the Parliament
November, 2002	Gar Knutson, Secretary of State for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East Affairs
May, 2002	Delegation of the Parliament
May, 2000	Delegation of the Parliament

Legal field

Agreements

“Joint Declaration on Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Armenia and Canada” (signed on January 31, 1992, Prague),
“Protocol of Intentions between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada in the field of Cinematography and Audiovisual Relations” (signed in 1998, Ottawa),
“Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Armenia and the Canadian Department of Transport on the exchange of Technical Experience and Cooperation in the field of Transport” (signed on April 7, 1999, Yerevan),
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada on Investment Promotion and Mutual Protection” (signed on May 8, 1997, Ottawa),
“Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada on Trade and Commercial Activities” (signed on May 8, 1997, Ottawa),
“Convention between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of Canada on the Elimination of Double Taxation of Income and Property and Prevention of Tax Evasion” (signed on June 29, 2004, Yerevan).

Trade and economic relations

Armenia is a market of significant interest for Canadian companies. In particular, Canadian companies are interested in cooperating in the fields of mining, information technology, pharmaceuticals, precious stones and metal processing.

Bilateral trade between Armenia and USA (thousand USD)

	Export	Import (by country of origin)	Import (by trading country)
2019	61228.7	34635.5	10256.0
2020	3457.2	14604.8	9430.2
2021	5582.8	20562.5	13446.9
2022	2862.7	42827.6	15466.2

Main exported goods:

paper, passenger car, tools, diamond, equipment.

Main imported goods:

diamond, clothes, medication.

Updated on 12.04.2023

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