ARMENIAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERS TRANSFER FROM PURE PROGAMMING ACTIVITY TO HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION AS MOST IMPORTANT GOAL IN UPCOMING YEARS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 31, 2008

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Robert
Kocharian on January 31 received Serge Tchuruk, the chairman of
Alcatel-Lucent company – one of the world leading IT companies, and
Armen Sargsian, chairman of Night Bridge Holding, former prime minister
of the RA. According to the RA president’s press service, during the
meeting the interlocutors spoke about projects on introduction of
innovation technologies in scientific research and economy and on
cooperation in provision of fast high-quality Internet connection.

S. Tchuruck briefly presented the activities of Alcatel and expressed
a willingness to launch some projects in Armenia.

Underlining the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation,
R. Kocharian said that the Armenian government gives priority to
information technologies, and there has already been progress in the
IT sector. He considered the transfer from pure programming work to
high-tech production as the most important goal in the upcoming years.