Armenia–Romania relations refer to the
bilateral relations
Bilateralism is the conduct of political, economic, or cultural relations between two sovereign states. It is in contrast to unilateralism or multilateralism, which is activity by a single state or jointly by multiple states, respectively. When ...
between
Armenia and
Romania. Both countries established diplomatic relations on 17 December 1991. Armenia has an embassy in
Bucharest and Romania has an embassy in
Yerevan. Both countries are members of the
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and the
Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...
.
There are around 3,000 people of
Armenian descent living in Romania. Modern relationships between Armenia and Romania are rooted in part in the modern history of the Armenian people. After the
Armenian genocide of 1915, Romania was the first state to officially provide shelter and refugee camps to
refugee
A refugee, conventionally speaking, is a displaced person who has crossed national borders and who cannot or is unwilling to return home due to well-founded fear of persecution. s from the area. In October 2007, the
President of Armenia,
Serzh Sargsyan, received a delegation headed by the Romanian
Minister of National Defense,
Teodor Meleșcanu, and noted that the Armenian-Romanian friendship was deeply rooted in history. He also noted that it was not by accident that Romania was the first country to formally recognize the independence of Armenia from the USSR.
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Diplomacy
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Bucharest (Embassy)
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Yerevan (Embassy)
See also
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Foreign relations of Armenia
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Foreign relations of Romania
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Armenians of Romania
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Armenia–EU relations
References
External links
Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Romania embassy in Yerevan Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: direction of the Armenian embassy in Bucharest
Romania
Bilateral relations of Romania
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