Russian public figure hails Armenia’s scientific development prospectsFebruary 8, 2013 - 17:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RusCooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) agency has received over 100 innovation cooperation offers from Armenia, the head of the Armenian representation said. As Viktor Krivopuskov told a press conference, the projects will be brought to fruition after being approved in the framework of the CIS intergovernmental cooperation program developed by Skolkovo foundation. The visit featured meetings between Armenian and Russian young scientists, with bilateral cooperation programs discussed. RusCooperation agency deputy head Alexander Chesnokov noted that cooperation program envisaged donation of Russian literature to Armenian libraries, with euro 4.5 mln allocated to Byurakan Observatory. Dwelling on Armenia’s scientific potential, Mr Chesnokov highly assessed Armenian-Russian cooperation, haling the country’s prospects for the development of scientific development. The delegation further met with Minister of Economy Tigran Davtyan, deputy speaker of parliament Hermine Naghdalyan and President of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia Radik Martirosyan, with discussion of bilateral and intergovernmental cooperation projects on the agenda. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |