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OSKANYAN TO RETURN WITH A GRANT

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RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan who is in China on an official visit met CPR Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing.

The discussion went on during the official banquet. The Ministers spoke about the Armenian-Chinese relations and stated with content that for the first three months of this year the commercial-economic balance has risen for 73%. They found the enhancing of cooperation in the scientific-technical and educational fields extremely important. They also spoke about the inter-university student exchange and about the programs giving the Armenian scientists the possibility to realize investigations in the Chinese universities.

Taking into account the firm political bonds between Armenia and China, the sides have also discussed the possibilities of efficient consultation and cooperation in the international structures, including the UN. Ideas have also been exchanged about the Nagorno Karabakh and Taiwan conflicts.

At the end of the meeting the Ministers signed an agreement between the Republic of Armenia and the Chinese People’s Republic about the mutual allotting of lands for the Embassies of both countries. They also exchanged letters about the Chinese grant of 5 million juans (800 000 USD) to be given to Armenia as technical support.

Then the RA Foreign Minister visited the new building of the RA Embassy. On the same day Vardan Oskanyan met the Chinese Prime Minister Vyen Dsiabao.

Tomorrow, on June 14, Minister Oskanyan will meet Van Xiaru, head of the Chinese Communist Party International Administration. Furthermore, the RA Minister will leave Peking for London, where that very day he will make a speech in the Genocide Memorial event which will take place in the Great Britain House of Lords.