Armenia’s National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Arthur Baghdasaryan, who is in China on a working visit, met with Muratbek Imanaliyev, the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), and they discussed Armenia’s SCO observer membership question. 

Also, Baghdasaryan attended the SCO’s and the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) joint conference, in which CSTO Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha was on hand as well. Following the conference, the NSC Secretary and the CSTO Secretary General held a private talk and discussed the Armenia-CSTO cooperation in 2013.       

Afterward, Arthur Baghdasaryan met with the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee member Chen Fengxiang. They examined the strategic cooperation between Armenia and China. Also, Chen Fengxiang was handed an official invitation to Armenia.  

The Armenian National Security Council Secretary’s next meeting was with Tsui Tszin, the head of China’s Investment Agency. The interlocutors explored the avenues for Chinese engagement and investment in the projects that are of strategic importance for Armenia.