OPENING A CHINESE CORNER AT THE RA MOD

26.05.10

On the 26th of May, 2010 in the lobby of the conference hall of
the RA MoD Administrative Complex an official opening ceremony of a
Chinese Corner took place. The RA MoD Seyran Ohanyan, the ambassador
of Peoples Republic of China to Armenia Tyan Chanchun, the founders of
the cultural and science Chinese centre, military attaches accredited
in the RA, servicemen and other guests were present at the ceremony.

In his greeting speech MoD Seyran Ohanyan underlined that the
traditional friendly Armenian-Chinese relations have a history of
centuries and they sill continue including almost all the spheres:
political, economical, military, education, science. In the last couple
of years the cooperation in the military sphere has grown even more
and more. Hence, it I not accidental that the Chinese Corner was to
open in the library of the MoD. This corner aims to introduce our
militants to this ancient civilization.

The ambassador, in his turn, mentioned that his country sees the
importance of cooperating with Armenia and wants to develop and
strengthen them even more. Head of the Chinese Centre of Culture
and science Izabella Muradyan talked about the history of the
Armenian-Chinese ties and the eminent representatives of the
Chinese-Armenian community. Then Chinese art was presented by the
Cultural Centre of the YSU, “Victoria” dancing ensemble and by the
members of the Wu-Shu federation in Armenian and students from the
state university.

From: A. Papazian