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 | About 32,000 rally in Yerevan to deman Pashinyan’s resignation About 31,700 people attended an opposition rally on Thursday, May 9 in Yerevan demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister to meet in Almaty Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov will meet in Almaty. Viva-MTS: Tech solutions to modernize infrastructure of border village The border village has been the focus of Viva-MTS and the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values since 2015. Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. |