YEREVAN. – The Prime Minister of Armenia, Karen Karapetyan, on Tuesday received Chinese Ambassador Tian Erlong.

Karapetyan stressed that Armenia is interested in enhancing and expanding cooperation with Chinese investors, and said the respective procedures and the climate in the country are favorable for new investment projects, Press Office of the Government of Armenia informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The Chinese diplomat, for his part, noted that Armenia’s economic indicators for 2017 create favorable conditions for achieving new successes and expanding economic ties.

“Trade between our two countries increased by 34.5 percent between January and November 2017, as compared to the same period of 2016,” Tian said, in particular.

He added that the Chinese government stands ready to further deepen and expand cooperation with Armenia. 

The Armenian PM and the Chinese ambassador discussed the avenues for the implementation of joint projects in several domains.