October 20, 2004 - 20:23 AMT
NEW QUALITY APPEARED IN ARMENIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS AFTER ARMENIAN PRESIDENT VISIT TO BEIJING
Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II yesterday received Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing. As reported by the Holy Echmiadzin Press Service, the Catholicos welcomed the growing cooperation between the two countries in various fields. In his turn Li Zhaoxing noted that after R. Kocharian's visit to China the Armenian-Chinese relations acquired new quality. Speaking of the ages-long ties between the two peoples, the guest stressed that exactly owing to an Armenian the Bible was first translated in the Chinese in the Middle Ages.