RA AND CHINA TO EXPAND BILATERAL COOPERATION

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Nov 3 2006

There is a stable atmosphere of political mutual confidence between
Armenia and Chinese People’s Republic (CPR); bilateral cooperation
is developing dynamically in all the spheres, in part, trade-economic
ties are expanding, efficient cooperation in the spheres of education,
science, culture and chemical industry is deepening, the Chinese FM
Li Zhaoxing stated November 2 in the course of a meeting with the
RA delegation headed by RA Deputy FM Armen Bayburdian, which is in
Beijing on an official visit.

According to the information DE FACTO got at the RA MFA Press Service,
the NKR FM highly estimated a progress in the Armenian-Chinese
bilateral relations made in the past years.

In his turn RA Deputy FM Armen Bayburdian noted the development of
the relations with China was one of the priorities of the RA foreign
policy. RA Deputy FM underscored the cooperation between RA and
CPR should be strengthened within the frames of the international
structures.

The same day the Armenian-Chinese interdepartmental consultations were
held, in the course of which the parties thoroughly discussed the whole
spectrum of the Armenian-Chinese relations and marked the long-term
directions for the development of the bilateral cooperation. RA
Ambassador to CPR V. Ghazaian also participated in the meeting.