On the 21st of November, 2009 the Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan received the delegation headed by the foreign policy and defence councilor of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Simon McDonald. The delegation-members were the deputy chief of the Defence Staff of the GB AF, Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall, had of the Department of General Operative Policy on the MoD John Day, and representatives of the GB AF.

During the meeting they discussed matters of mutual interest in the Armenian-British cooperation in the sphere of defence, as well as issues regarding the participation of the RA AF subunits with the International Security Forces in Afghanistan. RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs