President Sarkissian and Mrs. Nouneh Sarkissian visited the Embassy of PRC: We have potential to further develop and deepen our relations with China

On the occasion of National holiday of the People’s Republic of China President Armen Sarkissian and Mrs. Nouneh Sarkissian visited today the Embassy of China in Yerevan.

On behalf of the people of Armenia and his own behalf President Sarkissian congratulated Ambassador Tian Erlong, the staff of the Embassy and in their person the entire Chinese people on the occasion of the National holiday - the 70th anniversary of the creation of the People’s Republic of China.

“China is a friendly state which is close to us. It becomes even closer thanks to the One Belt, One Road project, both politically and economically. We have potential to further develop and deepen our relations with China,” President Armen Sarkissian said. Ambassador Tian Erlong thanked the President for the visit snd congratulations.

“Different events are being organized on the occasion of the holiday, however your visit to the Embassy today is the most important one. We are ready to deepen cooperation between our countries. As ambassador, I see great potential for the development of the relations.” President Sarkissian and Ambassador Tian Erlong exchanged views on the possible areas for deepening the Armenian-Chinese relations as well as on the opportunities of organizing a conference on China in Armenia as proposed by President Sarkissian.

According to the Ambassador of China, it is an important initiative. The parties discussed also possibilities of cooperation in the framework of the presidential ATOM (Advanced Tomorrow) project which is aimed at the development of science and technologies.