Bilateral Relations

General information

Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and Hungary were established on 26 February 1992.

On 31 August 2012, upon the decision of the National Security Council of the Republic of Armenia decided to suspend the diplomatic relations between Armenia and Hungary.

On the 1st of December 2022 Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary held a meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Łódź, during which an agreement was reached to restore full diplomatic relations.

On 15 May 2023 Anna Mária Sikó, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Armenia (residence in Tbilisi), presented her credentials to President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan.

On 13 June 2023 Ashot Smbatyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Hungary (residence in Tbilisi), presented his credentials to President of Hungary Katalin Novák.

Visits

Hungary

2024	Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2024	President Vahagn Khachaturyan
2009	Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
2009	President Serzh Sargsyan
2007	Vardan Oskanian, Minister of Foreign Affairs
1992	Raffi Hovhannissian, Minister of Foreign Affairs

Armenia

2023	Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2011	Laslo Yover, President of the Parliament
2008	Kinga Göncz, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Official visit)

Legal framework

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary on Cooperation within the framework of the “Stipendium Hungaricum” Scholarship Program for 2023-2025 (Signed on October 27, 2023, Yerevan).

Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture аnd Sports of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Culture and Innovation of Hungary on cooperation in the field of culture, higher education, vocational education and training and innovation, science and technology (Signed on February 6, 2024, Budapest).

Agreement between the Government of Republic of Armenia and the Government of Hungary on Economic cooperation (Signed on May 6, 2024, Budapest).

Cooperation Programme between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary for the years 2024-2025 (Signed on May 6, 2024, Budapest).

Updated on 12.07.2024

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