Relationship dossier
Armenia
India
Relationship assessment
Armenia and India have expanded practical cooperation, with defense trade a prominent feature.
Armenia toward India
+20Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited India in 2019, where the governments concluded agreements and memoranda covering areas including trade, science and culture. These exchanges represent concrete Armenian government engagement with India.
India toward Armenia
+40India has supplied Armenia with military equipment, including Swathi weapon-locating radars, and has agreed to provide additional defense systems, including Pinaka rocket systems. These transactions constitute substantial practical cooperation in defense.
Overall relationship
+30The relationship has a cooperative structure supported by government exchanges and agreements, with Indian defense exports to Armenia providing a concrete and strategically significant area of collaboration. The relationship is not characterized by a formal alliance, and the breadth of cooperation outside defense is less clear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Armenia and India have developed a cooperative relationship, including government-level exchanges and agreements on areas such as trade, science and culture. India has also become a significant supplier of military equipment to Armenia, including weapon-locating radars and other defense systems. The relationship shows practical cooperation, particularly in defense, without evidence of a formal alliance.
Key developments
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited India, and the governments concluded agreements and memoranda in areas including trade, science and culture.
India supplied Swathi weapon-locating radars to Armenia.
India agreed to supply Armenia with Pinaka rocket systems and other defense equipment.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral agreements beyond defense are unclear.
- The extent of continuing Armenian government initiatives to deepen cooperation with India is uncertain.