Due to the strong political, cultural and religious ties between the two nations (the vast majority of Armenians and Greeks practice Eastern Christianity), Armenia and Greece today enjoy excellent diplomatic relations.

They have always been strong both emotionally and historically due to religious and cultural roots and co-existence during the Byzantine period and under the Ottoman Empire.

[2] Both countries are full members of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation and Council of Europe.

[4] According to a hypothesis proposed by linguists during the 20th century, the Armenian and Greek languages share a common ancestor[citation needed].

In addition Strabo has written that the ancestral homeland of the Armenians or of their ruling class, prior to their immigration in Asia Minor, was a valley in Thessaly, after which they are named.

Despite the fact that the Ancient Olympic games were a purely Greek competition, after the 1st century AD many Armenians managed to take part.

This weakened both Byzantines and Armenians alike, and in consequence, they weren't able to keep the Turks away from Armenia who left it undefended (1064) and from the rest of Anatolia (1071 onwards) Regardless, these two nations also co-existed under Seljuk and later Ottoman empire.

[8] Since the declaration of independence in Armenia, the two countries have been partners within the framework of international organizations (United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Council of Europe, BSEC), whilst Greece firmly supports the community programs aimed at further developing relations between the European Union and Armenia.

Armenian officers are trained in Greek military academies, and various technical assistance is supplied by Greece.

[13] Both countries have signed bilateral treaties which include: Estimates on the size of the Greek community in Armenia range from 1,800 to 5,000.

[7] It was further exacerbated by the Leninakan earthquake which in December 1988 struck northwestern Armenia, the area where most of the Greeks used to live.