Both nations are members of the Council of Europe and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie.

[1] While Swiss law made it a crime to deny the Armenian genocide, punishable by a monetary penalty, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2015 that a Turkish politician's conviction of the law violated his right to freedom of speech.

[2] As of November 2019, between 4,000 and 6,000 people of Armenian descent live in Switzerland, while far fewer Swiss citizens reside in Armenia.

[3] The Armenian Permanent Representation to the World Trade Organization is based in Geneva.

[4] Armenia has received humanitarian assistance from Switzerland following major catastrophes, such as the 1988 Spitak earthquake.