Armenia – Tajikistan relations

Armenia	Tajikistan

Bilateral diplomatic relations exist betweenArmenia andTajikistan. The two countries are in a number of international and regional organizations, such as theUnited Nations, theCommonwealth of Independent States, theCollective Security Treaty Organization, and theEurasian Economic Union. Armenia is represented in Tajikistan through its embassy inKazakhstan and has an honorary consulate inDushanbe. Tajikistan is represented in Armenia through its embassy inMoscow, Russia. There is a small community of Armenians in Tajikistan, with many of the original population having left the country following thecollapse of the Soviet Union and the followingcivil war in Tajikistan.

The first Armenians are believed to have arrived in Tajikistan in the 1930s.^[1] Many anti-Armenian prejudice occurred by the start of the 1990s, such as the1990 Dushanbe riots which were sparked by an unfounded rumour that Armenian refugees would be resettled there and get free housing during a housing shortages.^[2]

Diplomatic relations were established on 12 October 1992. The founding document for diplomatic relations was the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Armenia.^[3]

There is currently one Armenian cultural union in the country, called theMesrop Mashtots Armenian Community formed in Dushanbe in 1989. It was founded and led by honored coach of theTajik SSR Telman Gurgen Voskanyan for 20 years.^[4] An Armenian day school and dance ensemble were founded in 2009.^[5]

Coordinating economic relations between Tajikistan and Armenia is the Tajik-Armenian Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation. In 1994, the volume of foreign trade turnover was equal to 239,000 US dollars. In 2000, it amounted to only 1,000 dollars.^[6] In 2014, the volume of trade between the countries amounted to almost 1 millionUS dollars.^[7]

Guest	Host	Place of visit	Date of visit
PresidentRobert Kocharyan	PresidentEmomali Rahmon	Dushanbe	April 2002[8]
PresidentEmomali Rahmon	PresidentRobert Kocharyan	Yerevan	2003[9]
PresidentEmomali Rahmon	PresidentRobert Kocharyan	Yerevan	2004[10]
PresidentEmomali Rahmon	PresidentRobert Kocharyan	Yerevan	2005[11]
PresidentEmomali Rahmon	PresidentSerzh Sargsyan	Yerevan	2010[10]
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan	PresidentEmomali Rahmon	Dushanbe	August 2011[10]
PresidentSerzh Sargsyan	PresidentEmomali Rahmon	Dushanbe	September 2015[10]
PresidentEmomali Rahmon	PresidentSerzh Sargsyan	Yerevan	2017[12][13]
Prime MinisterNikol Pashinyan	PresidentEmomali Rahmon	Dushanbe	September 2018[14]

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• Armenia is accredited to Tajikistan from its embassy inAstana, Kazakhstan.^[16]
• Tajikistan is accredited to Armenia from its embassy inMoscow, Russia.

• Foreign relations of Armenia
• Foreign relations of Tajikistan
• Armenians in Tajikistan

• Armenia–Tajikistan relations
• Bilateral relations of Armenia
• Bilateral relations of Tajikistan

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