Republican Party of Armenia

 From November 30 to December 3, 2017 in Beijing the delegation of the Republican Party of Armenia, headed by RPA Deputy Chairman Mushegh Lalayan, participated in a high-level conference "China Communist Party's Dialogue with World Political Parties".

            The conference was attended by 806 delegates from 267 parties from 126 countries. The Armenian delegation consisted of the Chairman of RPA Women's Council, Head of Armenia-China Parliamentary Friendship Group Hermine Naghdalyan and the Head of RPA Foreign Relations Department Tigran Sahakyan.

            Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the People's Republic of China Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. The Head of RPA delegation Mushegh Lalayan made a speech during thematic discussions.

            Within the framework of the visit on 30 November the Armenian delegation held a meeting Deputy Head of International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Mrs. Sheen Bailey. The meeting was also attended by the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the People's Republic of China Sergey Manasaryan.  At the course of the meeting issues on inter-party co-operation were discussed.  

            After the meeting, the Head of RPA delegation Mushegh Lalayan and Deputy Chief of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China  Sheen Bailey signed a memorandum of understanding on co-operation between the Republican Party of Armenia and the Communist Party of China for 2017-2020".