On March 19, 2008 RA Defense Minister Michael Harutyunyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Armenia Charles Lonsdale.

Congratulating the guest on appointment, the Minister stated that the cooperation ties have deepened over the past years, considerable progress has been registered.

Ambassador Lonsdale, in turn, expressed gratitude for the warm words, saying that the Armenian-British relations are on a high level today. He expressed confidence that the potential of relations is still great including in the military sphere.