ArmenPress
Sept 24 2004
PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN TO VISIT CHINA ON STATE VISIT
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 24, ARMENPRESS: Armenian president Robert
Kocharian will pay a state visit to China from September 26 to
September 30 at the invitation of the Chinese president Hu Xintau.
According to Kocharian’s press office, the Armenian delegation will
include territorial minister Hovik Abrahamian, agriculture minister
David Lokian, culture minister Hovik Areyan, other government
officials, businessmen, scientists and journalists.
President Kocharian will meet with president Hu Xintau, prime
minister Vin Diabao, parliament chairman U Bango. Based on the
visit’s results, both sides will sign a declaration and also
inter-govenrment agreements on economic and seismological cooperation
and a plan of cultural cooperation for 2005.
President Kocharian will also visit a range of historical sites of
Beijing. On September 29 the Armenian delegation will leave for
Shanghai, where Kocharian will meet with the city leadership and will
also visit a local town-building development exhibition and a tourism
center.