On the 21st of July, 2009 the RA Minister of Defence Seyran Ohanyan received the commander of the Kansas National Guard, Major-General Tod M. Bunting, who was accompanied by the US ambassador in Armenia Marie Yovanovitch.

Greeting the guest S. Ohanyan stated that the RA MoD admits the importance of about six months cooperation with the state of Kansas, and the proof of which are the regular visits of the commander of the Kansas National Guard to Armenia. It was also underlined that the cooperation of the two countries continues to develop in the spheres of peacekeeping activities, military education and military medicine. During the meeting the two sides also discussed the present state of the bilateral relations in the military sphere and matters regarding the perspectives of enforcing and broadening them.