Pashinyan said that Armenia and the European Union will have a visa-free regime in two years

Armenia expects to introduce a visa-free regime with the European Union within two years, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during a meeting with voters as part of the election campaign.

“The issue of visa liberalization between Armenia and the EU will be resolved no later than in two years,” Pashinyan said.

According to him, residents of Armenia will be able to travel from Shirak airport to Larnaca and will only need to “not forget their passport, and the ticket will cost only two euros.”

• Armenia has been consistently moving closer to the European Union over the past years. Discussions on a visa-free regime between Armenia and the EU have been ongoing since 2024 (but the Armenian authorities must carry out “significant reforms in key areas” to achieve this), and in January 2025, the Armenian parliament approved a bill to initiate the process of the country’s accession to the European Union. Pashinyan himself calls the European Union “a key partner supporting fundamental reforms of the Armenian government in recent years.”
• Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on June 7, and in early May Yerevan hosted two summits: first the European Political Community, and then the first ever Armenia-EU summit. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Moldavian President Maia Sandu, as well as Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky arrived there, which caused separate indignation in the Kremlin.