Friday, 19 December 2008
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received President of Russian “Sitronics” OJSC Sergey Aslanyan, Vice President Sergey Ourezchenko and authorized representative in Armenia Armen Khachatryan.
The parties spoke about the further development of cooperation in the sphere of high technologies. President of Sitronics Sergey Aslanyan presented the activities of this largest hi-tech company, its participation in the federal programs of Russia, international cooperation and involvement in CIS countries, Central and Eastern Europe and a number of other States. He stated those initiatives and cooperation programs applicable to Armenia. In particular, the President of Sitronics spoke about the possibility of creating a free trade zone of R&D type on the site of RAO Mars CJSC which has been transferred to the Russian Federation under the Property for Debt arrangement, in line with an assignment made at the 10th session of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation Sergey Aslanyan also proposed to set up a venture investment fund in Armenia, supported by Sitronics OJSC, and went on to assure that his company is prepared to submit a cooperation program within short notice.
The Prime Minister stressed the importance of an eventual cooperation with Sitronics OJSC and expressed confidence that such cooperation will benefit both sides in the sphere of high technologies.
