Armenia and Iraq have a deeply historic relationship, due to ancient connection and proximity.

[4][5] Many local Arabs had given shelters and refuge for Armenians, thus survived from the difficult time.

Armenia itself opposed the Iraq War, but sent troops to assist American mission in the country.

Leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan had largely condemned the atrocities and apologized on behalf of Kurdish people to the genocide.

[17] In 2019, Shaykh Yousif Al-Nasri, members of the Supreme Standing Committee for Co-existence and Community Peace of Iraqi Government, as well as the delegation of clergymen, called for recognition of the Armenian genocide.