BASIC FACTS

The Republic of Armenia is a landlocked Eurasian country bordered by Turkey, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Armenia first announced its independence as a republic in 1918 before becoming a founding member of the Soviet Union. It has been a unitary parliamentary republic since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

Capital: Yerevan

There are no nuclear research reactors in Armenia.

Nuclear energy supplies roughly one quarter of Armenia’s power grid. The country’s nuclear power plant, METSAMOR, contains two units of VVER V-270 reactors, only one of which is operational. ARMENIAN-2 first reached criticality in 1980 but was in extended shutdown from 1989-1995 before being restarted. ARMENIAN-1 first reached criticality in 1976 but has been in permanent shutdown since 1989. The plant is owned by the Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources of RA.

TREATIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS

• Observer of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
• Member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since 1993
• Acceded to 1925 Geneva Protocol in 2018
• Acceded to Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1994
• Signed Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in 1993
  • Ratified in 1995
• Signed Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty in 1996
  • Ratified in 2006
• Acceded to Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques (ENMOD) in 2002
• Acceded to the Convention on the Physical protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM) in 1993
• Signed International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) in 2005
  • Ratified in 2010
• Acceded to Moon Treaty (Celestial Bodies) in 2018
• Acceded to Outer Space Treaty in 2018
• Acceded to Partial Test Ban Treaty in 1994
• Signed Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in 1990
  • Ratified in 1992
• Acceded to Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in 1993

REGIONAL GROUPS

• Member of the Council of Europe
• Member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
• Member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
• Participant in Partnership for Peace (PfP)
• Observer of the Arab League
• Member of the Eastern European Group

LINKS

Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Authority

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia

UN State Summary

Ratification of Treaties & Memberships in International Organizations Related to Disarmament