Chinese Ambassador to Armenia Tian Erlong (R) and Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian sign on first-day covers in Yerevan, Armenia, April 5, 2017. A ceremony was held in Yerevan On Wednesday, hailing 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the People's Republic of China. (Xinhua/Gevorg Ghazaryan)
YEREVAN, Armenia, April 5 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony was held in Yerevan On Wednesday, hailing 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the People's Republic of China.
"The past 25 years have been a period of continuously strengthened political mutual trust between China and Armenia," said Chinese Ambassador Tian Erlong in his opening remarks.
"Twenty-five years later, we are now opening a new page in the relations of our countries," said Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian.
Diplomatic relations between Armenia and China were established on April 6 of 1992, after the South Caucasus republic gained independence in September of 1991 amid the collapse of the Soviet Union.
