YEREVAN, July 13. /ARKA/. The Italian multinational company IDS will open a think tank in Armenia, Vahan Martirosyan, Armenian transport, communication and information technology minister, told journalists on Wednesday.  

An appropriate arrangement was made as representatives of the company came to Armenia. 

Martirosyan said that a final agreement is expected to be signed in the next ten days, during their visit. 

In accordance with the agreement, a scientific laboratory will be created in Armenia. 

Vahan Shakaryan, director and founder of Technology and Science Dynamics (TSD) Company, on his side, said the visit of the representatives of the Italian company came as part of the initiative to establish Armenia's IT representative offices across the world.  

« IDS representatives' visit to Armenia can be considered as success in the work of the representative office,» he said adding that the formalization of the agreement will be completed very soon and it will be signed in the next few days.

Shakaryan said that the laboratory will conduct IT studies.

Armenia already has IT representative offices in the United States, Belgium, France, Bolivia and Italy, and it planned to open similar offices in Mexico, Russia, Spain and Iran. -0—