From Ukrainian Foreign Ministry
BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINE AND ARMENIA
POLITICAL DIALOGUE
Recognition of Ukraine: 18.12.1991
Establishment of diplomatic relations: December 25, 1991.
Diplomatic institutions: Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Armenia, honorary consulates of Ukraine in Gyumri and Vanadzor.
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Ukraine, Consulate General in Odessa, Honorary Consulates of Armenia in Kharkiv, Ternopil and Cherkassy.
Recent contacts:
March 22, 2019 – political consultations at the level of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine V. Bodnar and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Sh. Kocharyan (Kyiv).
05.20.2019 – meeting of the President of Ukraine V. Zelenskyi and the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia T. Avinyan (Kyiv).
22.11.2019 – meeting of Prime Minister O. Honcharuk with President of Armenia A. Sarkisian within the framework of the first Investment Summit of the Eastern Partnership under the auspices of the EBRD.
04/30/2020 – telephone conversation between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine D. Kuleba and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Z. Mnatsakanyan.
March 26, 2020 – political consultations at the level of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine V. Bodnar and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Sh. Kocharyan (in online format).
High-level bilateral bodies:
Joint intergovernmental Ukrainian-Armenian commission on economic cooperation (the last, 8th meeting of the SMC took place on September 14, 2021 in Yerevan).
CONTRACTUAL LEGAL BASE
The contractual and legal base of bilateral relations consists of 59 international agreements (2 – interstate, 29 – intergovernmental, 23 – interdepartmental), of which 59 are valid, and another 20 documents regulating relations and cooperation, including at the regional level, between various state institutions. 7 international treaties have lost their validity, one more was not ratified by the Ukrainian side due to the loss of relevance.
ECONOMY
The turnover of goods between Ukraine and the Republic of Armenia for 2021 amounted to 159.9 million dollars. USA and increased by 24%.
Ukrainian exports to Armenia amounted to $135.46 million and increased by 19.47%.
Armenian imports to Ukraine amounted to $13.48 million and increased by 35.29%.
The balance of trade in goods and services for Ukraine is positive – $111.99 million.
The turnover of goods between Ukraine and the Republic of Armenia for January-May 2022 amounted to $33.21 million and decreased by 27.7%.
Ukrainian exports to Armenia amounted to $29.01 million and decreased by 26.5%.
Armenian imports to Ukraine amounted to $4.1 million and decreased by 46.4%.
The balance of trade in goods and services for Ukraine is positive – $24.81 million.
It is worth noting that the resumption of two-way trade in the near future is unlikely given the fact that it was carried out by sea – the port of Chornomorsk – the ports of Georgia.