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ARMENIA AND MICROSOFT SIGN AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION
Yerevan, January 31. ArmInfo. The press-service of the Armenian
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development told ArmInfo that Minister
Karen Chshmarityan and President of the Microsoft Corporation Bill
Gates have signed an Agreement on Cooperation.
According to the source, on the Corporation's invitation, a
governmental delegation led by K.Chshmarityan was on a visit to
Scotland on January 29 to participate in the Government Leaders Forum
- Europe organized by the Microsoft in Edinburgh. The members of the
Armenian delegation were Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain Vahe
Gabrielyan, Advisor of the Armenian Prime Minister Ara Hakobyan, and
Executive Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat
Yengibaryan. An agreement on strategic cooperation between the
Armenian Government and the Corporation was reached in 2006, within
the framework of the Armenian Prime Minister's meeting with the Vice
President of the Microsoft's European representative office in
Yerevan.
According to the Agreement, the Microsoft is to implement a number of
investment educational and innovation projects for the IT further
development in Armenia. Particularly, it is planned to set up a
Microsoft Innovation Center in Yerevan. In its turn, the Armenian
Government will activate efforts for copyright protection and
application of legal software in the state governing system. Signing
of this agreement is the logic continuation of the Armenian
Government's strategic cooperation with the largest international
companies in the IT sphere, such as Alcatel, SUN Microsystems,
Heulett&Packard and many others.
Yerevan, January 31. ArmInfo. The press-service of the Armenian
Ministry of Trade and Economic Development told ArmInfo that Minister
Karen Chshmarityan and President of the Microsoft Corporation Bill
Gates have signed an Agreement on Cooperation.
According to the source, on the Corporation's invitation, a
governmental delegation led by K.Chshmarityan was on a visit to
Scotland on January 29 to participate in the Government Leaders Forum
- Europe organized by the Microsoft in Edinburgh. The members of the
Armenian delegation were Armenian Ambassador to Great Britain Vahe
Gabrielyan, Advisor of the Armenian Prime Minister Ara Hakobyan, and
Executive Director of the Enterprise Incubator Foundation Bagrat
Yengibaryan. An agreement on strategic cooperation between the
Armenian Government and the Corporation was reached in 2006, within
the framework of the Armenian Prime Minister's meeting with the Vice
President of the Microsoft's European representative office in
Yerevan.
According to the Agreement, the Microsoft is to implement a number of
investment educational and innovation projects for the IT further
development in Armenia. Particularly, it is planned to set up a
Microsoft Innovation Center in Yerevan. In its turn, the Armenian
Government will activate efforts for copyright protection and
application of legal software in the state governing system. Signing
of this agreement is the logic continuation of the Armenian
Government's strategic cooperation with the largest international
companies in the IT sphere, such as Alcatel, SUN Microsystems,
Heulett&Packard and many others.