Armenian President: Armenian-Chinese relations have a history of millenniumsMay 27, 2019 - 13:02 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian-Chinese relations have a history of centuries and millenniums. The statement was made by the Armenian president Armen Sarkissian during the meeting with a Chinese delegation headed by the Member of the State Council of The People's Republic of China and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi. After welcoming the guests Sarkissian stated that recent high-ranking officials' mutual visits contribute to the deepening of relations based on friendship, mutual trust, and respect between the two countries. “The friendship between our countries has not begun since 1992 based on the diplomatic and interstate relations document. Instead, our nations have a centuries-long history of friendship”, said the Armenian president adding that the two countries had already been successfully collaborating during the Silk Road era. Minister Wang Yi stated that Armenians had a major contribution to the history of human civilization. “The Great Silk Road had united our two nations centuries ago. Armenian and Chinese nations treat each other with mutual respect and sympathy, and our bilateral relations are steadily developing”, said the Chinese foreign minister. Wang Yi also passed the best greetings from the President of PRC, Xi Jinping to the Armenian president Sarkissian. During the meeting, the sides also discussed the question of deepening trade and economic ties between the two countries, the perspective of the cooperation within the framework of the initiative called “One Lane, One Way” as well as the development of cooperation in new technologies, education, and science. The sides mutually agreed that Armenian-Chinese relations are successfully developing and have a good prospect of expansion, president press service reports. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |