Armenian foreign minister, Chinese official discuss development of ties

Arminfo
13 Apr 04

YEREVAN

Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan today met the assistant
foreign minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li Hui.

Arminfo news agency has already reported that Li Hui has passed
Armenian President Robert Kocharyan an invitation from Chinese
President Hu Jintao to pay an official visit to China. Vardan Oskanyan
expressed the hope that the forthcoming visit of the Armenian head of
state to the People’s Republic of China would promote the development
of bilateral relations. The sides highly rated the current level of
Armenian-Chinese relations, pointing out that the deepening of
political relations will help raise economic, cultural and business
relations between the two states to a higher level.

The assistant foreign minister of the People’s Republic of China, Li
Hui, also met his Armenian counterpart Tatul Markaryan. During the
meeting, the sides discussed ways of developing Armenian-Chinese
relations, as well as issues of cooperation within the framework of
international organizations.