Friday, February 5 2021 18:09

ArmInfo. On February 5, the President of the National Assembly Ararat Mirzoyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the  People's Republic of China to Armenia Fan Yong.

 As the press service of the Armenian parliament informs welcoming the guest in the  National Assembly, Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated Mr Yong on assuming  the post of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the  People's Republic of China to the Republic of Armenia.

The President of the National Assembly has noted that China is one of  the important partners of Armenia and has underlined that the  political dialogue between Armenia and China is at high level.

Highlighting the cooperation between the legislative bodies the Head  of the parliament touched upon the visit of the Vice Chairperson of  the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the of  the People's Republic of China (PRC) Shen Yueyue to the Republic of  Armenia. "Undoubtedly, the visit gave a new impetus to the  cooperation between the two countries," the Head of the Parliament  said. Both sides have expressed conviction that after the end of the  pandemic it is necessary to activate the personal contacts between  the parliamentarians and the delegations.

In the context of bilateral cooperation, Ararat Mirzoyan also noted  the active and effective contacts between the National Assembly and  the Embassy.

During the meeting the President of the RA National Assembly talked  about the necessity of the urgent solution of the humanitarian  problems emerged as a consequence of the war unleashed by Azerbaijan  against Artsakh, especially stressing the issue of the quick return  of the Armenian prisoners of war and the captivated persons. Both  sides underlined the readiness of Armenia to immediately resume the  negotiations in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, to  discuss all necessary principles for the settlement of the problem.  In this respect, the balanced position of China for the establishment  of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh problem and lasting peace was  highlighted.

In terms of strengthening of the Armenian-Chinese trade-economic  cooperation, the Speaker of the Parliament has also emphasized the  combination of the initiative 'One Belt, One Road' of the Eurasian  Economic Union and China, taking into consideration the fact that  this format can have its contribution to the sustainable development  of Armenia, as well as the region.

The President of the National Assembly noted that Armenia always  backed 'One China' policy.  Ararat Mirzoyan also highly assessed the  technical and economic support of China to the Republic of Armenia.   Thanking Ararat Mirzoyan for the reception in the National Assembly,  Ambassador Yong conveyed to him the warm greetings of his Chinese  colleague Li Zhanshu.  The Ambassador assured that the Embassy of  China to the RA and himself as a newly appointed head of the mission  would do his best to further strengthen and deepen Armenia-China  relations.

Completely sharing the evaluations of the Head of the Parliament  about the visit of the delegation led by the Vice Chairperson of the  Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the of the  People's Republic of China Mrs Shen Yueyue, Ambassador Yong stressed  that the latter admired Armenia and had wonderful memories. The  Ambassador expressed readiness to more activate and deepen the  cooperation between the two countries' Friendship Groups. In that  context Mr Yong emphasized the importance of the mutual visits and  the visit of Armenia-China Friendship Group to the People's Republic  of China.  Regarding Nagorno Karabakh problem Ambassador Yong has  noted that China welcomes the tripartite statement, highlights its  implementation and is aware of the problems of humanitarian  character. He has underscored that the PRC supports the work of the  OSCE Minsk Group, and he is hopeful that it will be possible to solve  all the issues.  Ambassador Yong has noted with great satisfaction  the fact that during the last year the goods turnover between the RA  and China had registered growth despite the pandemic unfavourable  situation.  At the end of the meeting Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated  the Ambassador Fan Yong on the occasion of the Spring Festival or the  Chinese New Year.