Armenian, German business associations to cooperate in the IT sphere
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is paying official visit to Germany, met on Friday with the representatives of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and leading German companies. As the press department at the government reported, the Managing Director of German Committee Michael Harms welcomed the PM, noting the agenda with Armenia is quite ambitious “In April an economic delegation will pay visit to Armenia. We are set to sign a Memorandum of Understanding today which relates to one of Armenia’s priorities – the IT sphere,” Mr Harms noted.
As the German official added Armenia serves as an economic hub in terms of being integrated both to the European Union and the EAEU. “That increases the economic attractiveness of the country,” Mr Harms added.
PM Pashinyan, in turn, highlighted the importance of the meeting with the representatives of the German economic community, outlining Armenia’s economic agenda. “Economy is the key part of our agenda as the political changes have created opportunities for economic changes. We want to introduce serious changes into the economic structure of Armenia, increase the standards in the mining sector and turn high tech into the locomotive of the economy,” the head of Armenian cabinet said.
The meeting was concluded with a signing of MoU between the managing Director of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations Michael Harms and President of the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) Alexandr Yesayan. The document sets out the scope of cooperation in the IT sphere between Armenian and German business associations.