ARMENIA, CHINA INTERESTED IN FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF BILATERAL RELATIONS

Armradio.am
03.05.2010 10:01

In the framework of his visit to the People’s Republic of China, on
May 2 President Serzh Sargsyan met with the President of the People’s
Republic of China Hu Jintao.

The President of Armenia expressed his gratitude to President
Hu Jintao for the invitation to participate at the opening of the
Shanghai Expo-2010 and congratulated his Chinese counterpart on the
successful commencement of the Exhibition.

President Sargsyan said that the enhancement of the relations
with China is a priority of the Armenian foreign policy and noted
that bilateral relations have already shown excellent dynamics of
development. The President of Armenia stressed that the high-level
political dialogue, active cooperation in social, political, economic,
cultural, and educational areas, reciprocal support in multilateral
formats increase mutual understanding and trust between Armenia
and China.

The two sides noted with satisfaction that multiple joint projects
in energy, chemical industry, agriculture, science and technology,
defense, culture and education spheres are being implemented with great
success. Serzh Sargsyan and Hu Jintao concurred that the accumulated
vast Armenian-Chinese experience would serve an excellent base for
raising the bilateral relations on a qualitatively new level.

The Presidents discussed issues related to China’s participation in the
construction of the Armenia-Iran railroad. They underscored that the
launch of the operations of the Armenian-Chinese Shanxi-Nairit joint
venture in Shanxi province of China proves that bilateral relations
were developing dynamically.

The Presidents of Armenia and China reiterated that they were ready to
undertake additional efforts for the further development of bilateral
relations.