On January 16, 2009 the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Mr. Seyran Ohanyan received James Reynolds, head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia.

The Minister highly appreciated the mission of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia, assessing the cooperation as an important and necessary activity targeted at the maintenance of highest values of civilization, which is executed through collaboration with the state bodies of the Republic of Armenia, including the Ministry of Defense and refers to spheres like protection of human rights, maintenance of the international humanitarian law, the teaching of that law and the work based on it in the Armed Forces of Armenia. Seyran Ohanyan and James Reynolds signed the “2009 Program of Cooperation between the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia and the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the sphere of international humanitarian law (IHL).”