RA PRESIDENT’S VISIT TO CHINA TO BECOME NEW STIMULUS FOR ARMENIAN-
CHINESE COOPERATION

YEREVAN, August 27 (Noyan Tapan). The visit of RA President Robert
Kocharian to China scheduled for September will become a new stimulus
for further cooperation between the two countries. RA Minister of
Defense Serge Sargsian, Secretary of the National Security Council
attached to the RA President, reported about it during the August 26
meeting with Major-General Qian Lihua, Deputy Chief of the Head
Department of Foreign Relations of the Chinese Ministry of Defense,
and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of China to Armenia
Zo Suelian. He thanked the Chinese government and the Army for the aid
rendered to Armenia. Major-General Qian Lihua noticed in his turn that
the government and the Armed Forces of China attach great importance
to cooperation between two countries both in the military and other
spheres. According to the press service of the RA Ministry of Defense,
it was noticed during the meeting that ten Armenian officers have
already graduated from the higher military institutions of China, and
another six places are given to the Armenian Armed Forces in
accordance with the 2004-2005 plan of military education. It was also
mentioned that if the Armenian side wants to increase this number, the
military leadership of China is ready for the discussion of this
issue.