YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Robert Kocharian on January 31 received Serge Tchuruk, the chairman of Alcatel-Lucent company - one of the world leading IT companies, and Armen Sargsian, chairman of Night Bridge Holding, former prime minister of the RA. According to the RA president's press service, during the meeting the interlocutors spoke about projects on introduction of innovation technologies in scientific research and economy and on cooperation in provision of fast high-quality Internet connection. S. Tchuruck briefly presented the activities of Alcatel and expressed a willingness to launch some projects in Armenia. Underlining the importance of mutually beneficial cooperation, R. Kocharian said that the Armenian government gives priority to information technologies, and there has already been progress in the IT sector. He considered the transfer from pure programming work to high-tech production as the most important goal in the upcoming years.

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