ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN WILL PAY A 5-DAY STATE VISIT TO
CHINA ON SEPT 26

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24. ARMINFO. On September 26 Armenian President
Robert Kocharyan will pay a 5-day state visit to China.

The Armenian Presidential Press Service told ARMINFO that the Armenian
delegation will consists of Minister for Territorial Administration
and Coordination of Infrastructures Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of
Agriculture David Lokyan, Minister for Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik
Hoveyan and other officials. Robert Kocharyan will be accompanied in
China by representatives of scientific, public and business circles of
the country. In the course of the visit to Pekin, Robert Kocharyan is
expected to meet Chinese President Xu Dzintao, Chairman of the State
Council, Chairman of the All Chinese Assembly of National
Representatives. At the end of the visit, the presidents of the two
states will sign a joint declaration. Besides, intergovernmental
agreements of cooperation in the technical-and-economic and
seismological spheres will be signed, as well as a program of cultural
cooperation for 2005.

Besides, visits to the historical and cultural sights of Pekin are
planned, On Sept 29, the Armenian delegation will leave from Pekin to
Shanghai, where Robert Kocharyan will meet the Mayor, will visit an
exhibition of ocal city development, local center of tourism and will
get first hand information of the current works. On Sept 30 the
Armenian delegation headed by President Robert Kocharyan will return
to Yerevan.