The ambassador from Israel to Armenia was Israel's foremost diplomatic representative in Armenia.
Israel and Armenia established diplomatic relations in 1992. [1] [2]
Foreign relations of Israel refers to diplomatic and trade relations between Israel and other countries around the world. Israel has diplomatic ties with 164 of the other 192 UN member states as of December 2020. Israel is a member of the United Nations (UN) and a number of other international organisations. Israel maintains full diplomatic relations with two of its Arab neighbours, Egypt and Jordan, after signing peace treaties in 1979 and 1994 respectively. In 2020, Israel signed agreements establishing diplomatic relations with four Arab League countries, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco. As of 2021, Israel had formal diplomatic relations with 168 other countries, while twenty-eight UN member states have either never established, or have broken off diplomatic relations with Israel.
A bilateral relationship exists between Armenia and Israel. From 1993 to 2007, Armenia was served by the Embassy of Israel in Georgia. In 1996, Tsolak Momjian was appointed the honorary consul of Armenia in Jerusalem. Eleven years later, the residence of the Embassy of Israel in Armenia was moved to Jerusalem. In October 2010, Shmuel Meirom was appointed the Israeli ambassador to Armenia. Armen Melkonian was appointed the Armenian ambassador to Israel in 2012, with a residence in Cairo. In October of that year, Melkonian presented his credentials to Israeli President Shimon Peres. On 21 September 2019 Armenia announced that it would be opening an embassy in Israel. Despite generally cordial ties between the two, relations soured after Armenia withdrew its ambassador to Israel due to Israeli arms supply to Armenia's enemy, Azerbaijan, in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Armenians in Israel and Palestine make up a community of approximately 5,000–6,000 Armenians living in both Israel and the State of Palestine.
Mattanya (Matty) Cohen, born 1965 is an Israeli diplomat. He was the former Israeli ambassador to Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize.
Yuval Fuchs is an Israeli diplomat. Until August 2016, he was the Ambassador of Israel to Georgia and non-resident Ambassador to Armenia.
East Timor-Israel relations refers to diplomatic ties between East Timor and Israel.
Eliyahu (Eli) Yerushalmi is a retired Israeli diplomat who served as Ambassador to Ecuador, Armenia and Moldova at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
David Cohen is an Israeli diplomat.
Shemi Tzur (Hebrew: שמי צור) is a retired Israeli ambassador who has had ambassadorships in Cyprus (1993–2000), New Zealand (2010–2013), Turkmenistan (2013–2015), Finland (2003–2007), and Estonia. He has also been Consul at the Consulate General of Israel in Sydney, Acting Ambassador to Fiji and Chargé d'affaires ad interim, Acting Ambassador to Angola and Mozambique, Ambassador Non-resident to Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Tonga, Samoa and Cook Islands and “opened the Embassy of Israel in Uzbekistan and was instrumental in the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.“
Equatorial Guinea–Israel relations are the bilateral relations between Equatorial Guinea and Israel. The Israeli embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon, is accredited to Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea has a resident embassy in Israel, which opened in 2019 and located in Herzliya.