On January 22.2008 RA Defense minister Michael Harutyunyan received outgoing United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Armenia Entoni Kentori, on the occasion of completion of his diplomatic mission.

Referring to Armenia-British bilateral military relationship RA defense minister highly evaluated the role of the ambassador and mentioned that during past years the relationship in the military sphere has been strengthened. M. Harutyunyan wished good luck and success to ambassador in his future diplomatic missions. Ambassador Entoni Kentori said that he is leaving Armenia with deep positive impressions. Interlocutors talked about peaceful settlement of Nagorono Karabakh conflict, issues about regional security, discussed ways of deepening bilateral cooperation between both countries, particularly in peacekeeping mission and reforms in the armed forces of RA.