CHINESE LEADER MEETS ARMENIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER IN YEREVAN

Arka News Agency, Armenia
Nov 6 2006

YEREVAN, November 6. /ARKA/. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing
gave a good mark to Armenian-Chinese relations as met Armenian Deputy
Foreign Minister Armen Bayburtyan on Friday in Beijing.

The Chinese minister said a mutual trust has been created by the two
countries for recent years. He pointed out that cooperation between
the countries in various areas is increasingly developing.

Bayburtyan, in his turn, said Armenia attaches a special significance
to its relations with China. He also stressed the importance of
cooperation between the two countries in international organizations.

National Statistical Service of Armenia says trade turnover between
Armenia and China totaled $71.5 million in Jan-Sept 2006 after growing
77.7% over the same period a year earlier.