YERVEAN. – China would like to see Armenia a part of economic zone of the new Silk Road, said head of the Chinese communist's party delegation that is on an official visit to Armenia.

“We have told about the idea of creating an economic zone in the Silk Road that was initiated by China last year. The new Silk Road starts in western China and reaches the European states,. We hope that the Silk Road will become a free channel of economic contacts between the states,” Zhou Li told reporters in Yerevan.

He noted that he had discussed with the Armenian colleagues the ways of strengthening cooperation in tourism and trade as well as growth export from Armenia to China.