Germany and Armenia have maintained good bilateral relations since 1992. Germany has an embassy in Yerevan. Germany is supporting Armenia in moving closer to the European Union (EU) and NATO and is working towards a political solution to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Germany has seconded personnel to the European Union’s border observation mission (EU Mission in Armenia, EUMA). Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier travelled to Armenia in March 2025, meeting his counterpart, President Vahagn Khachaturyan, and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Germany is Armenia’s most important trading partner within the EU. In 2024, bilateral trade reached 554 million euro (imports to Germany: 121 million euro; exports to Armenia: 433 million euro). Germany’s main exports to Armenia are motor vehicles, machinery, chemicals and electrical engineering products; its main imports from Armenia are iron, steel, copper, molybdenum and other metals, as well as textiles. Germany is one of the most important foreign direct investors in Armenia.

In terms of development cooperation, Germany is the most important partner for Armenia after the EU. Armenia is a partner country on the basis of the 2030 reform strategy of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Cooperation concentrates on sustainable economic development, environmental and climate protection, democracy, municipal development and rule of law promotion.

The focus of German cultural and education policy in Armenia is on intensifying cultural and social exchange, promoting German as a foreign language and supporting the country’s civil society. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Central Agency for Schools Abroad (ZfA) and the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) have offices in Armenia, and the Goethe-Institut operates a Goethe-Zentrum in the country. There are almost 50 cooperation arrangements between German and Armenian higher education institutions offering a large number of students and researchers scholarships and exchange programmes. Eleven Armenian schools are part of Germany’s global network Schools: Partners for the Future (PASCH). Since 2014, Armenia’s civil society has received support particularly through the Expanding Cooperation with Civil Society in the Eastern Partnership Countries and Russia programme. An active town twinning partnership has been in place between Halle (Saale) and Gyumri since 2023.

The political foundations Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V. and Heinrich Böll Foundation, as well as the German Adult Education Association (DVV) and the German Foundation for International Legal Cooperation (IRZ), have offices in Yerevan.