Armenian premier, UITE Board members discuss IT development

At their meeting on Friday morning, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan and Board members, Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), discussed IT development projects.

The participants pointed out rapid development of Armenia’s IT sector: international companies are coming to Armenia, and IT professionals are in demand.

In this context, the meeting discussed personnel training problems and the issue of creating an Armenian national engineering laboratory at the State Engineering University, in cooperation with the National Instruments company.

UITE Executive Director Karen Vardanyan is satisfied with the progress in the program. He is sure it will be successfully completed.

The meeting also discussed IT development in Armenia’s regions. Specifically, they discussed the work carried out in the Gyumri industrial park and proposed launching a similar project in Vanadzor, Armenia’s third largest city.

The sides discussed IT companies’ involvement in developing Armenia’s military industry and projects to be implemented this year.