 Following the signing of armistice agreements confirming Israel's survival in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Greece recognized the State of Israel on 15 March 1949, although it was diplomatically represented in Tel Aviv on a lower-than-embassy level.Relations between Israel and Greece somewhat improved during the Greek junta which ruled from 1967 to 1974.The junta praised the "martial aspects of the Israeli state" and assisted the United States in supporting Israel during the Six-Day War.