On July 17, the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Armenia, John Gallagher, on the occasion of the completion of his diplomatic mission.

Minister Papikyan expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Gallagher for the joint efforts and the achievements reached within the framework of Armenia–United Kingdom defence cooperation.

During the meeting, the parties discussed a range of issues related to bilateral defence cooperation, as well as matters of international and regional security.