Dear visitor,

Welcome to the website of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This site will give you information on the bilateral relations between the Netherlands and Georgia, as well as Armenia to which this Embassy is also accredited. Diplomatic relations between our countries have been established after Georgia and Armenia gained independence and our relations have developed significantly. The Netherlands supports the ongoing economic and political reforms of Georgia and Armenia in their transition to a market economy and pluriform democracy.

Georgia and Armenia are both partner countries for the Netherlands as they are members of the Dutch Constituency in the Worldbank and IMF and therefore eligible for budget support and projects in the field of good governance, human rights and conflict resolution. In 2006 the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs has extended its Programme for Support to Civil Society (MATRA) to Georgia and Armenia. This programme will promote the cooperation between Dutch and Georgian/Armenian NGO's and will also enable the Embassy to finance project proposals in this field (so called Small Embassy Projects Programme).

This website will also introduce the programmes which are aimed the promotion of the cooperation between Dutch and Georgian and Armenian private companies. Development of contacts between private companies will further our economic ties and contribute to the development of our economies and bilateral trade and investments. 

We welcome the development of the cultural contacts and the increasing number of Dutch tourists visiting these beautiful countries and the number of Georgians and Armenians visiting the Netherlands as businessmen, tourists, artists or students. This website will therefore also provide all information which is required for obtaining a Schengen visa.
We sincerely hope that this website will provide you with the information which you need and you are, of course, always welcome to ask us any additional information.

Pieter Jan Langenberg,
Ambassador