International Investment Agreements of Armenia

Last updated August 28, 2025

Armenia has concluded the following Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), Treaties with Investment Provisions (TIPs) and Investment Related Instruments (IRIs) according to the database of UNCTAD.^[1]

Bilateral Investment Treaties

No.	Short title	Status	Parties	Date of signature	Date of entry into force
1	Armenia - Korea, Republic of BIT (2018)	In force	Korea, Republic of	19/10/2018	03/10/2019
2	Armenia - Japan BIT (2018)	In force	Japan	14/02/2018	15/05/2019
3	Armenia - United Arab Emirates BIT (2016)	In force	United Arab Emirates	22/07/2016	21/11/2017
4	Armenia - Jordan BIT (2014)	In force	Jordan	29/10/2014	22/11/2017
5	Armenia - Iraq BIT (2012)	In force	Iraq	07/11/2012	28/07/2016
6	Armenia - Kuwait BIT (2010)	In force	Kuwait	25/06/2010	04/11/2013
7	Armenia - Syrian Arab Republic BIT (2009)	In force	Syrian Arab Republic	17/06/2009	02/02/2010
8	Armenia - Kazakhstan BIT (2006)	In force	Kazakhstan	06/11/2006	01/08/2010
9	Armenia - Lithuania BIT (2006)	In force	Lithuania	25/04/2006	16/03/2007
10	Armenia - Sweden BIT (2006)	In force	Sweden	08/02/2006	01/05/2008
11	Armenia - Latvia BIT (2005)	In force	Latvia	07/10/2005	21/04/2007
12	Armenia - Netherlands BIT (2005)	In force	Netherlands	10/06/2005	01/08/2006
13	Armenia - Finland BIT (2004)	In force	Finland	05/10/2004	20/04/2007
14	Armenia - India BIT (2003)	Terminated	India	23/05/2003	30/05/2006
15	Armenia - Uruguay BIT (2002)	In force	Uruguay	06/05/2002	15/12/2013
16	Armenia - Qatar BIT (2002)	In force	Qatar	22/04/2002	08/10/2007
17	Armenia - Tajikistan BIT (2002)	In force	Tajikistan	03/04/2002	18/11/2002
18	Armenia - Austria BIT (2001)	In force	Austria	17/10/2001	01/02/2003
19	Armenia - Russian Federation BIT (2001)	In force	Russian Federation	15/09/2001	08/02/2006
20	Armenia - BLEU (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union) BIT (2001)	In force	BLEU (Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union)	07/06/2001	19/12/2003
21	Armenia - Belarus BIT (2001)	In force	Belarus	26/05/2001	10/02/2002
22	Armenia - Israel BIT (2000)	In force	Israel	19/01/2000	25/06/2003
23	Armenia - Switzerland BIT (1998)	In force	Switzerland	19/11/1998	04/11/2002
24	Armenia - Italy BIT (1998)	Terminated	Italy	23/07/1998	13/01/2003
25	Armenia - Canada BIT (1997)	In force	Canada	08/05/1997	29/03/1999
26	Armenia - Egypt BIT (1996)	In force	Egypt	09/06/1996	02/03/2006
27	Armenia - Georgia BIT (1996)	In force	Georgia	04/06/1996	18/01/1999
28	Armenia - Turkmenistan BIT (1996)	Signed (not in force)	Turkmenistan	19/03/1996
29	Armenia - Germany BIT (1995)	In force	Germany	21/12/1995	04/08/2000
30	Armenia - France BIT (1995)	In force	France	04/11/1995	21/06/1997
31	Armenia - Iran, Islamic Republic of BIT (1995)	In force	Iran, Islamic Republic of	06/05/1995	26/02/1997
32	Armenia - Lebanon BIT (1995)	In force	Lebanon	01/05/1995	01/10/1998
33	Armenia - Bulgaria BIT (1995)	In force	Bulgaria	10/04/1995	27/03/1996
34	Armenia - Cyprus BIT (1995)	In force	Cyprus	18/01/1995	03/08/1998
35	Armenia - Ukraine BIT (1994)	In force	Ukraine	07/10/1994	07/03/1996
36	Armenia - Romania BIT (1994)	In force	Romania	20/09/1994	24/12/1995
37	Armenia - Kyrgyzstan BIT (1994)	In force	Kyrgyzstan	04/07/1994	26/11/1995
38	Armenia - United Kingdom BIT (1993)	In force	United Kingdom	27/05/1993	11/07/1996
39	Armenia - Greece BIT (1993)	In force	Greece	25/05/1993	28/04/1995
40	Argentina - Armenia BIT (1993)	In force	Argentina	16/04/1993	20/12/1994
41	Armenia - Viet Nam BIT (1993)	Signed (not in force)	Viet Nam	13/12/1992
42	Armenia - United States of America BIT (1992)	In force	United States of America	23/09/1992	29/03/1996
43	Armenia - China BIT (1992)	In force	China	04/07/1992	17/03/1995
44	Armenia - Spain BIT (1990)	In force	Spain	26/10/1990	28/11/1991

Treaties with Investment Provisions

No.	Short title	Status	Parties	Date of signature	Date of entry into force
1	CIS Agreement on Services and Investment (2023)	In force		08/06/2023	05/06/2024
2	Armenia - Singapore Agreement on Trade in Services and Investment (2019)	In force	Singapore	01/10/2019	01/02/2021
3	Armenia - EU CEPA (2017)	In force	EU (European Union)	24/11/2017	01/03/2021
4	Eurasian Economic Union - Viet Nam FTA (2015)	In force	Viet Nam	29/05/2015	05/10/2016
5	Armenia - United States TIFA (2015)	Signed (not in force)	United States of America	07/05/2015
6	Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union (2014)	In force		29/05/2014	01/01/2015
7	CIS Investor Rights Convention (1997)	In force	Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Republic of, Tajikistan	28/03/1997	21/01/1999
8	Armenia - EC Cooperation Agreement (1996)	In force	EU (European Union)	22/04/1996	01/07/1999
9	The Energy Charter Treaty (1994)	In force		17/12/1994	16/04/1998
10	IFD Agreement	In negotiation

Investment Related Instruments

No.	Short title	Date of adoption	Level	Type
1	TRIPS	1994	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
2	TRIMS	1994	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
3	MIGA Convention	1985	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
4	New York Convention	1958	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
5	ICSID Convention	1965	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
6	Fifth Protocol to GATS	1997	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
7	Fourth Protocol to GATS	1997	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
8	GATS	1994	Multilateral	Intergovernmental agreements
9	Draft Supplementary Treaty to the Energy Charter Treaty	1998	Regional/Plurilateral	Draft instruments
10	UN Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations	1983	Multilateral	Draft instruments
11	Doha Declaration	2001	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
12	World Bank Investment Guidelines	1992	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
13	ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises	2000	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
14	ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises	2006	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
15	ILO Tripartite Declaration on Multinational Enterprises	1977	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
16	Singapore Ministerial Declaration	1996	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
17	UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights	2011	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
18	Permanent Sovereignty UN Resolution	1962	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
19	New International Economic Order UN Resolution	1974	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar
20	Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States	1974	Multilateral	Guidelines, principles, resolutions and similar

References

↑ https://investmentpolicy.unctad.org/international-investment-agreements/countries/9/armenia ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

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