Yerevan, Beijing mull establishing smart city in ArmeniaDecember 16, 2016 - 13:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of establishing a "smart city" in Armenia was discussed Friday, December 16 by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan and a delegation from the Beijing Global Safety Technology Co (GSafety) and China's Tsinghua University. At the meeting in Yerevan, the parties discussed the prospects of cooperation on the introduction of safety systems in the transport sector. Also, they dwelled upon the possibilities of establishing the smart city in one of the Armenian towns. The members of the Chinese delegation expressed readiness to collaborate in the installation of public transport management and safety-related systems in Armenia. 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 | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. 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. |