It will be the first time that a Federal President has visited either country.
In Armenia, the Federal President met with President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for talks in Yerevan. He also visited the TUMO technology education centre and attend a cultural reception. On his second day in Armenia, the Federal President traveled to Dilijan. He talked to Armenian women entrepreneurs and visit an urban development project there. At Lake Sevan, he visited an Armenian church and a hydrometeorology and monitoring centre that is run in partnership with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research.
During his visit to Azerbaijan, the Federal President will meet with President Ilham Aliyev. He will visit Baku’s historic city centre, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and hold a conversation on interfaith understanding and tolerance with Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders. He will also join a discussion on the situation of women in Azerbaijan.
Overview of the programme
Sunday, 30 March 2025
- Afternoon
Flight to Yerevan, Armenia - Evening
Arrival in Yerevan
Monday, 31 March 2025
- Morning, Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex
Wreath-laying ceremony - Thereafter, Office of the President
Welcome with military honours by Vahagn Khachaturyan, President of the Republic of Armenia - Thereafter
Talks with the President of the Republic of Armenia - 11.45 a.m. [CEST +2]
Joint press conference - Lunchtime
Luncheon hosted by the President of the Republic of Armenia - Thereafter
Talks with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia - Afternoon, TUMO Center for Creative Technologies
Visit to the Center - Evening
Dinner hosted by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia - Evening, Komitas Museum-Institute
Guided tour of the exhibition - Thereafter
Address at a cultural reception hosted by Claudia Busch, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia, and opening of the Goethe-Institut in Yerevan by Gesche Joost, President of the Goethe-Institut
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
- Morning, Lake Sevan
Visit to the Armenian churches at Lake Sewan - Morning, Dilijan City Park
Visit to the project to renovate and develop the Dilijan City Park - Lunchtime, Tava restaurant
Exchange with women entrepreneurs from the region - Afternoon, Gegharkunik
Tour and opening of a hydrometeorology and monitoring centre, a project run in cooperation with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH - Evening, Vagharshapat, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Talks with Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II Nersissian - Evening
Flight to Baku, Azerbaijan
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
- Morning, Baku
Visit to Martyrs’ Lane memorial site - Morning, Summer Residence of the President
Welcome by Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and his wife Mehriban Alijeva, First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Thereafter
Talks with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 11.30 a.m. [CEST +2]
Joint press conference - Lunchtime
Luncheon hosted by the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Afternoon, Baku, Old City
Tour of the UNESCO World Heritage site - Thereafter
Conversation on interfaith understanding and tolerance with Christian, Muslim and Jewish religious leaders - Thereafter
Conversation about the situation of women - Thereafter
Flight to Berlin
