Armenian leader in Shanghai to discuss economic ties with China

Public Television of Armenia, Yerevan
29 Sep 04

The Armenian delegation led by President Robert Kocharyan, who is
on an official visit to China, held a number of meetings today. The
president today flew to China’s second biggest city of Shanghai. The
Armenian delegation discussed wide-ranging issues of deepening economic
ties between the two countries.

The Armenian president will meet the mayor of Shanghai in the
afternoon. Lilit Sadrakyan has details on the Armenian delegation’s
meetings today.

[Sadrakyan on the telephone] Shanghai is the centre of China’s economic
progress. This morning Kocharyan visited one of Shanghai’s major
areas where the city’s biggest exhibition halls are located. These
exhibition halls have come up with the initiative to demonstrate
goods manufactured in Armenia. Kocharyan also visited the world’s
third tallest TV tower in Shanghai. The Armenian delegation visited
the Shanghai history museum, too. At the end of the day, the Armenian
president will be visited by the Shanghai mayor.