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    SERZH SARGSYAN: WE ARE SINCERELY INTERESTED IN EXPANSION OF CHINA'S PRESENCE IN THE REGION

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=116332
    Au g 8, 2008

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 8, NOYAN TAPAN. Prior to leaving for Beijing, the
    Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan gave an interview with Xinhia news
    agency (China).

    NT was submitted this inteview by the RA presidential press
    service. Below is its text with some abridgement.

    Question: Mr. President, what kinds of sports are you fond of? What
    would you like to wish the Olympic teams of China and Armenia? What
    hopes do you link to the Armenian Olympic team?

    Answer: Armenia is a country of sports. It is also thanks to the
    triumphal pages of famous Armenian sportsmen and Armenian sports
    that the world knows our small country. Although the population of
    our country is small, Armenia has left quite an impressive trace
    in the biography of world sports and Olympic movement. According to
    historical sources, one of medieval Armenian kings, King Varazdat,
    became an Olympic wrestling champion in the 4th century. Nowadays many
    Armenian sportsmen have immortalized their names in the register of
    winners and record-breakers of Olympic Games. So the Armenians have
    Olympic blood.

    I am a great fan of sports. I head the Armenian Chess Federation. Chess
    is a kind of sport in which both Armenian and Chinese chess players
    have achieved striking results, while our team is the current
    Olympic champion. Today everybody's attention in Armenia is turned to
    Beijing. I am leaving for Beijing in good spirits, I will be alongside
    our sportsmen and encourage them.

    Question: The friendship of the Chinese and Armenian peoples has
    a rich history. In the past few years the bilateral relations have
    been developing more rapidly and dynamically. How do you assess the
    development prospect of relations between the two countries? In which
    sectors do you see prospects of closer cooperation?

    Answer: China is a friendly country to us. The current high level
    of relations has a strong legal basis that includes more than 40
    interstate and intergovernmental agreements. Our relations in the
    political sphere are characterized by the absence of problems and
    the existence of either coinciding or close opinions concerning
    major regional and international problems. We in Armenia follow with
    respect the process of reforms implemented by the leaders of China
    for the purpose of development, modernization and establishment of
    a harmonious socialist society.

    In the past few years the commodity turnover between our countries has
    grown several fold, one of the greatest joint projects, Shansi-Nairit -
    construction of a chloroprene rubber plant with an annual capacity of
    30,000 tons near the city of Daton is being completed. Progress can
    be seen in agriculture, high-tech and himanitarian sectors. Long-term
    cooperation programs in culture and sports are being prepared. Despite
    all this, I see great potential for cooperation of our countries and
    work should continue in this direction.

    Armenia accepted with enthusiasm the invitation to participate
    in Expo-2010 to be held in Shanghai. We will try to display our
    achievements and our potential for developing relations between
    Armenia and China at this exhibition.

    We are sincerely interested in the expansion of China's presence in
    the region, which will have a positive impact on the whole South
    Caucasian region. We welcome China's recent achievements in the
    international field.

    As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China plays a leading
    role in international politics. China is a responsible member of the
    international community, and we feel China's unbiased and balanced
    position in many issues of international and regional importance.
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