Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority Aharon Aharon on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
During the meeting PM Pashinyan highlighted the development of cooperation between Armenia and Israel in the field of high technologies and stated that this sector is one of the priority directions of the Armenian government. The PM stated that the government’s goal is to make the field of high technologies a locomotive in the economy’s structure and for this purpose the Cabinet will do everything with its tools to promote the development of this sector. He informed that this year the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2019) will be held in Yerevan in autumn and invited the Israeli companies to participate in this important event.
In terms of mutual partnership Aharon Aharon proposed to consider the creation of an Israeli IT field representation in Armenia and the signing of an inter-state agreement.
PM Pashinyan welcomed these proposals and highlighted taking practical steps on this path in the future.