ARMENIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMY NERSES YERITSIAN VISITS DUBNA JINR
NOYAN TAPAN
Dec 23, 2008
YEREVAN
The Armenian minister of economy Nerses Yeritsian visited Dubna
(Russia) on December 17-18 in order to familiarize himself with
the activities of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR)
in Dubna and discuss issues related to the creation of a center on
nuclear medicine in Armenia.
A project "Acceleration Technologies of Production of Radioactive
Nuclides for Medicine of Armenia and Regional Countries" has
been developed jointly by Yerevan Physics Institute (YPI) after
A. Alikhanian and JINR, under which it is envisaged creating a
cyclotron nuclear center on the basis of YPI for production of
radioactive nuclides and study of allied sciences.
According to the RA ministry of economy, as a result of discussions
held during the visit, the sides confirmed their willingness to
cooperate on creation of a nuclear medicine center in Armenia. JINR
will take an active part in all the stages of the process: development,
testing, staff training, launching and joint work in new directions.
An agreement was reached to establish a congress center in Armenia
for holding joint conferences, round tables and schools of young
scientists and working out interactive educational programs.
The sides also addressed the prospects of YPI’s further activity and
development and the opportunities of its cooperation with JINR. They
confirmed the expediency of jointly developing applied problems of
mutual interest, as well as their interest in cooperating at the
Dubna special economic zone with the aim of developing the JINR’s
innovation zone and creating an internatinal center of nanotechnologies
of CIS countries.