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Foreign relations exist between Armenia and Egypt. Egypt was one of the first countries in the Arab world which recognized the independent Armenia in 1991. In March 1992, the diplomatic relations were established between the two countries. In May 1992, the first diplomatic mission of Armenia in the Arab East was inaugurated in Cairo. Egypt has an embassy in Yerevan.
Following Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union, Egypt was one of the first countries to recognize Armenia's independence, a Convention on the establishment of the bilateral diplomatic relations has been signed in 1992. The Egyptian embassy in Yerevan was opened in May 1993 while the Armenian embassy in Cairo was opened in March 1992.
The most significant point in the political relations between the two countries is the Armenian appreciation towards Egypt's neutral position with regard to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, as well as Egypt's hosting the Armenians fleeing from massacres that took place against them, and their integration into Egyptian society. [1]
In the past 20 years, Armenia and Egypt have succeeded in establishing excellent political, economic, cultural, educational, and scientific cooperation. Egypt was one of the first countries in the Arab world which recognized the independence of Armenia in 1991. Armenia and Egypt signed more than 40 bilateral legal documents, dozens of high-level official delegations paid mutual visits, many significant cultural and public events have occurred, and projects of economic cooperation have been worked out by joint efforts. [2] [3]
According to the Armenian American newspaper Asbarez , in late 2013, amid rising Turkish-Egyptian tensions that followed the removal of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from office in early July 2013, there were many Egyptian editorials and op-eds condemning the Turkish government's Armenian genocide denial, and the topic was discussed on Al-Soura Al-Kamila, a popular Egyptian television talk show hosted by Lilian Daoud. [4]
Mustapha Bakri, an independent member of the Egyptian parliament, introduced a resolution calling for recognition of the Armenian genocide; if adopted, Egypt would be the first Muslim nation to do so. [5] An Arabic-language documentary film, Who Killed the Armenians?, was produced in Egypt and screened at Heliopolis Library. [6]
In a speech at the 2019 Munich Security Conference, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi implicitly recognized the Armenian Genocide, noting that a hundred years before, Egypt had hosted Armenian refugees "after the genocide." [7] The comments were welcomed by Egypt's Armenian community. [7]
| N | Date | Position | type |
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| 1 | January 1992 | Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Ganzouri | Official |
| 2 | October 2002 | Minister of International Economic Cooperation Faiza Abul Naga | Official |
| 3 | January 28-29, 2023 | President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | State [8] [9] |
| N | Date | Position | type |
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| 1 | March 1992 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Raffi Hovannisian | Official |
| 2 | May 1992 | President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian | Official |
| 3 | January 1993 | Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Arman Kirakossian | Official |
| 4 | March 1997 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexander Arzoumaian | Official |
| 5 | May 1997 | President of National Assembly Babken Ararktsian | Official |
| 6 | February 1999 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian | Working |
| 7 | January 2005 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Vartan Oskanian | Official |
| 8 | December 2005 | Prime Minister Andranik Markarian | Official |
| 9 | April 2007 | President of Armenia Robert Kocharian | Official |
| 10 | February 2009 | Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian | Official |
| 11 | January 2010 | President of National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan | Official [10] |
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