On July 15, 2008 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to Armenia Onno Elderenbosh.

At the beginning of the meeting the Minister noted that the absence of problems between the two countries, the reciprocal sympathy and friendship between the Armenian and Dutch peoples have created firm bases for developing effective cooperation in a number of spheres and that these relations are promoted by the position of the government of the Netherlands on the Armenian Genocide. Seyran Ohanyan stated also that Armenia has entered a qualitatively new phase of relations with Europe and takes serious steps in the direction of raising the cooperation with European countries in the military and military-political fields to a proper level. During the meeting Seyran Ohanyan noted that Armenia expresses willingness to develop cooperation especially in the field of peacekeeping, contributing to the operations in Afghanistan, where the Netherlands has located a contingent which consist of 1 800. At the end of the meeting the parties expressed hope that the Armenian-Dutch relations and friendly ties will further reinforce, embracing new spheres of cooperation.