BAKU: Armenia official discusses Kars-Akhalkalak-Baku rail w/Chinese

Today, Azerbaijan
Sept 2 2006

Armenian official discusses Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku railroad project
with Chinese Ambassador

02 September 2006 [12:23] – Today.Az

Togran Torosian, Speaker of Armenian National Assembly and Chinese
Ambassador Zuo Xueliang, Ambassador of China, discussed the issue of
China’s participation in the construction of
Kars-Akhalkalaki-Tbilisi-Baku railroad.

The Press Service of RA Parliament informed that Mr. Torosian
approved the participation of China in development of cooperation
with the countries of the region. Besides, the Speaker expressed hope
that Beijing has chosen the most optimal variant that connects Europe
with the Eastern Asia by railway.

The sides also discussed issues of activating the inter-parliamentary
relations. Mr. Zuo Xueliang passed the invitation of the speaker of
Chinese Parliament to visit China. He emphasized the importance of
the coming visit from the viewpoint of developing the bilateral
relations. In his turn, Torosian added that soon the Chinese
inter-parliamentary delegation will visit Yerevan.

The sides emphasized also the developing inter-party relations,
particularly, that between the republican Party of Armenia and the
Communist Party of China.