Armenia, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries mull cooperationJanuary 22, 2020 - 12:41 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian met the Chairman of the Board of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Shunichi Miyanaga, on Tuesday, January 21. The two had earlier met in Tokyo. Sarkissian is holding meetings with representatives of the world’s leading companies and business community on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. They discussed ways of cooperation, opportunities of application in Armenia of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ advanced technologies and expertise. The sides weighed in on the ATOM (Advanced Tomorrow) Presidential initiative, which is aimed at the development of modern technologies based on artificial intelligence, management of large volumes of data and mathematical modeling, and agreed that they could become partners in this area. They also exchanged views on issues concerning nuclear fuel and management of nuclear waste. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |