Robert Kocharian Visit To China

[Armen]

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARYAN WILL PAY A 5-DAY STATE VISIT TO

CHINA ON SEPT 26

 

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24. ARMINFO. On September 26 Armenian President

Robert Kocharyan will pay a 5-day state visit to China.

 

The Armenian Presidential Press Service told ARMINFO that the Armenian

delegation will consists of Minister for Territorial Administration

and Coordination of Infrastructures Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of

Agriculture David Lokyan, Minister for Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik

Hoveyan and other officials. Robert Kocharyan will be accompanied in

China by representatives of scientific, public and business circles of

the country. In the course of the visit to Pekin, Robert Kocharyan is

expected to meet Chinese President Xu Dzintao, Chairman of the State

Council, Chairman of the All Chinese Assembly of National

Representatives. At the end of the visit, the presidents of the two

states will sign a joint declaration. Besides, intergovernmental

agreements of cooperation in the technical-and-economic and

seismological spheres will be signed, as well as a program of cultural

cooperation for 2005.

 

Besides, visits to the historical and cultural sights of Pekin are

planned, On Sept 29, the Armenian delegation will leave from Pekin to

Shanghai, where Robert Kocharyan will meet the Mayor, will visit an

exhibition of ocal city development, local center of tourism and will

get first hand information of the current works. On Sept 30 the

Armenian delegation headed by President Robert Kocharyan will return

to Yerevan.

[Armen]

Xinhua, China

Sept 26 2004

 

Armenian president arrives in Beijing

 

 

BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Armenian President Robert

Sedrakovich Kocharyan arrived here Sunday evening, starting his

five-day state visit to China at the invitation of Chinese Presidenet

Hu Jintao.

 

It's the first state visit to China by Kocharyan as president.

 

Kocharyan will hold talks and meet with Chinese top leaders

during his stay in China's capital. Besides Beijing, he will also

visit China's financial hub Shanghai. Enditem

[Armen]

ARMENIA WILL ASPIRE TO BRING POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH CHINA INTO

ECONOMIC FIELD: ROBERT KOCHARIAN

 

 

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 25. ARMINFO. Armenia will aspire to bring high

level of the political relations with China to the economic field,

including the scientific and agricultural branches. President of

Armenia Robert Kocharian told journalists during his visit to Gyumri.

 

According to Armenian leader, China is a very important partner for

Armenia. Besides, this country may come out as a market of Armenian

products.

 

It should be noted that President of Armenia will pay a five-day state

visit to China on Sept 26. In the delegation staff - representatives

of the government, public, science and business circles of Armenia.

[Armen]

Armenia recognizes China's full market economy status

 

Xinhua, China

Sept 27 2004

 

www.chinaview.cn

 

BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Armenia recognizes China's full

market economy status, according to a joint statement between China

and Armenia issued here Monday.

 

The statement, signed by Chinese President Hu Jintao and the

visiting Armenian President Robert Sedrakovich Kocharyan, says such

a recognition is conducive for enhancing economic and trade ties

between China and Armenia.

 

The two countries agreed that the challenge for developing countries

caused by economic globalization should be acknow; edged,and

international society should take active measures to direct the

development of economic globalization towards common prosperity.

 

China and Armenia, both members of the World Trade Organization,support

the negotiation on the Doha Development Agenda and are willing to

increase communication during the negotiation process to maintain

long-term and steady growth of world economy and trade,said the

statement. Enditem

[Armen]

China favours international law in solving Artsax problem

 

Mediamax news agency

27 Sep 04

 

Yerevan

 

China supports a peaceful solution to the Nagornyy Artsax problem.

 

A special correspondent of Mediamax reports from Beijing that this

is said in a joint declaration signed by Armenian President Robert

Kocharyan and Chairman of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao

in Beijing today.

 

The document says: "China supports a peaceful solution to the Nagornyy

Artsax problem, the efforts of the international community in this

direction and expresses the hope that the Artsax problem will be

solved in a fair and rational way as soon as possible on the basis

of norms of international law."

[Armen]

Armenian president visits Shanghai

 

Xinhua, China

Sept 29 2004

 

SHANGHAI, Sept. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Armenia is expected to learn from

China's largest commercial city and encourages its businessmen to

invest here as soon as possible, said Armenian President Robert

Sedrakovich Kocharyan on Wednesday.

 

Kocharyan arrived in Shanghai from Beijing on Tuesday to continue his

five-day state visit to China. It is the first state visit to China

by Kocharyan as president.

 

Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng met with Kocharyan, telling him that the

city has maintained "healthy, stable and rising momentum."

 

Trade between China and Armenia has been increasing in recent years,

and the trade volume in the first eight months rose by 529 percent

compared with the same period of 2003.

 

During his stay in Beijing, Kocharyan and Chinese President Hu Jintao

signed a joint statement in which Armenia recognized China full market

economy status.