ArmInfo. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision and approved the list of government bodies and other structures comprising the Armenian side of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Hungary.
Specifically, as reported on the official website of the Armenian government, by Pashinyan's decision of March 6, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs was appointed chairman of the Armenian side of the commission, the head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Economy was appointed deputy chairman of the Armenian side, and the head of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was appointed secretary of the Armenian side of the commission. The Armenian delegation also includes representatives of the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of High-Tech Industry, the Ministry of Education and Science, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, the Ministry of Finance, and the Investment Promotion Center.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and Hungary were frozen after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reinstated Ramil Safarov as a national "hero" in 2012, after he hacked Armenian officer Gurgen Markaryan to death with an axe. Markaryan was undergoing military training in Hungary.
Ten years later (in December 2022), Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with his Hungarian counterpart, Peter Szijjarto, on the sidelines of the 29th OSCE Ministerial Meeting. Following the meeting, the parties agreed to restore full diplomatic relations, expressing their intention to open a new chapter in Armenian-Hungarian relations based on mutual trust and respect for international law. In May 2023, Armenia appointed a non-resident ambassador to Hungary. This was Ashot Smbatyan. On June 5, 2025, he was recalled by the President of Armenia and replaced by Arshavyan, with his service residency in Budapest.
