Armenia–Ukraine relations

Armenia–Ukraine relations
Ukrainian–Armenian relations are bilateral diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Armenia, which were established on 25 December 1991. Until then, both were member republics of the Soviet Union. Today, the countries are both members of the World Trade Organization, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, the United Nations, and the Eastern Partnership initiative of the EU. Currently, Ukraine has the 5th largest Armenian community in the world. The Embassy of Armenia in Kyiv opened in 1993. The Embassy of Ukraine in Yerevan opened in 1996. The current Ambassador of Armenia to Ukraine is Andranik Manukyan. The current Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia is Ivan Khukhta.
Economic cooperation
The main principles of economic cooperation between Ukraine and Armenia were outlined in the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Ukraine and Armenia, which entered into force on May 26, 1997. Today, Ukraine and Armenia cooperate within the framework of the "Joint Intergovernmental Ukrainian-Armenian Commission on Economic Cooperation". Ukrainian exports to Armenia are metallurgical, chemical, agricultural, food goods and equipment, grain crops, alcoholic beverages, buses, and tires. Armenian exports to Ukraine electrical products, brandy, juices, tomato paste, mineral waters, cigarettes, and agricultural goods. For 9 months in 2015, the trade turnover between the countries amounted to 94.2 million US dollars, while the trade in goods amounted to 76.7 million dollars.
The turnover of goods between Ukraine and Armenia for January-May 2022 amounted to $33.21 million, decreasing by 27.7%. Ukrainian exports to Armenia in the same period amounted to $29.01 million, decreasing by 26.5%. Armenian imports to Ukraine in the same period amounted to $4.1 million, decreasing by 46.4%. The balance of trade in goods and services for the relevant period in Ukraine is positive, at $24.81 million.
Cultural ties
Lviv is home to the Armenian Catholic Church in Ukraine. Since the Soviet Union captured Lviv, its see remains "vacant". Since 1997, Lviv also became a center of Ukrainian eparchy (diocese) of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Orthodox).
The city of Armyansk, originally as Ermeni Bazzar, is named after the Crimean Armenian community.
Ambassadors
Ambassadors of Ukraine in Armenia
Aleksander Bozhko (1996–2001)
Volodymyr Tyahlo (February 2, 2002 – June 2005)
Aleksander Bozhko (June 2005 – July 22, 2010)
Ivan Khukhta (July 22, 2010 – present)
Ambassadors of Armenia in Ukraine
Andranik Manukyan (April 26, 2010 – August 2, 2018)
Tigran Seiranian (December 28, 2018 – June 1, 2021)
Vladimir Karapetyan (June 1, 2021 – present)
State visits
Ukrainians in Armenia
The Ukrainian community in Armenia began to form in the 19th century. As early as 1858, about 150 people were resettled from the territory of Ukraine to the modern territory of Armenia, where the village of Mykolaivka (now Amrakits, Stepanavan district) was founded. The majority of Ukrainians who currently live in Armenia arrived there in the post-WWII period (1945-1990). According to the 2001 census, 1,633 ethnic Ukrainians lived in Armenia by then.
The Yerevan Scientific and Educational Institute, created based on the Yerevan branch of the West Ukrainian National University, operates in Armenia. It is the only Ukrainian higher education institution in the South Caucasus.
Diplomacy
Republic of Armenia
Kyiv (Embassy)
Republic of Ukraine
Yerevan (Embassy)
Recent events
Throughout the Russo-Ukrainian war from 2014 to 2021 Armenia has consistently supported Russia in voting against Ukraine at the United Nations, in particular voting against United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262 on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. In the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Ukraine has consistently supported Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and voted for United Nations General Assembly Resolution 62/243 demanding an "immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" and reaffirming "the inalienable right of the population expelled from the
occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan to return to their homes".
On 7 September 2023, Anna Hakobyan, the wife of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska in Kyiv, Ukraine. She had traveled to Kyiv at the invitation of the First Lady of Ukraine to participate in the "Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen." Hakobyan personally handed over 1,000+ smartphones, tablets and laptops for primary schoolchildren at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine in Kyiv. This was Armenia's first delivery of humanitarian aid for Ukraine since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started in February 2022. On 1 June 2023, during an interview, Pashinyan had stated, "Armenia is not an ally of Russia in the war in Ukraine."
See also
Foreign relations of Armenia
Foreign relations of Ukraine
Armenians in Ukraine
Ukrainians in Armenia
Armenia–Russia relations
References
Ukraine
Bilateral relations of Ukraine