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The Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has updated UK arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan.

• Updated: 29 October 2025

• NTE 2025/28: removal of UK arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan

  The UK arms embargo on Armenia and Azerbaijan ceased to be in force as of…

The British Embassy in Yerevan maintains and develops relations between the UK and Armenia.

• Updated: 14 October 2025

Ms Alexandra Cole has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia in succession to Mr John Gallagher.

• Updated: 15 July 2025

We have made some recent changes to our transit visa requirements.

• Updated: 3 November 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

The British Embassy Yerevan no longer has any involvement in the visa application or visa decision making process.

• Updated: 8 December 2015

First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Minister for Europe Stephen Doughty MP announces upgrade of the UK-Armenia relationship to a strategic partnership during visit to Yerevan.

• Updated: 28 August 2025

Mr John Gallagher has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia.

• Updated: 15 December 2020

First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

G7 foreign ministers issued communiqués on the situation in Middle East, support to Ukraine and addressing global challenges, following their meeting in Capri, Italy.

• Updated: 19 April 2024

First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Foreign Secretary William Hague: Nelson Mandela was one of the greatest moral and political leaders of our time.

• Updated: 5 December 2013

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This page includes summaries of Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF) programmes in Eastern Europe and Central Asia covering 2022 to 2023.

• Updated: 30 January 2025