On the 26th of May, 2010 in the lobby of the conference hall of the RA MoD Administrative Complex an official opening ceremony of a Chinese Corner took place. The RA MoD Seyran Ohanyan, the ambassador of Peoples Republic of China to Armenia Tyan Chanchun, the founders of the cultural and science Chinese centre, military attaches accredited in the RA, servicemen and other guests were present at the ceremony.
In his greeting speech MoD Seyran Ohanyan underlined that the traditional friendly Armenian-Chinese relations have a history of centuries and they sill continue including almost all the spheres: political, economical, military, education, science. In the last couple of years the cooperation in the military sphere has grown even more and more. Hence, it I not accidental that the Chinese Corner was to open in the library of the MoD. This corner aims to introduce our militants to this ancient civilization.

The ambassador, in his turn, mentioned that his country sees the importance of cooperating with Armenia and wants to develop and strengthen them even more. Head of the Chinese Centre of Culture and science Izabella Muradyan talked about the history of the Armenian-Chinese ties and the eminent representatives of the Chinese-Armenian community. Then Chinese art was presented by the Cultural Centre of the YSU, “Victoria” dancing ensemble and by the members of the Wu-Shu federation in Armenian and students from the state university. RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs