ArmTech plays important role in Armenia’s economy – PM

The ArmTech 2012 congress got underway in San Jose, California, and a delegation led by Armenia’s PM Tigran Sargsyan likewise attended the official opening of the event, News.am reports.

“The ArmTech congress plays an important role in Armenia’s economy. It enables us to discuss and outline the prospects for the development of our Information Technology [IT],” Sargsyan noted in his opening remarks. He stressed that the IT sector is at the focus of the Government of Armenia, and that an approximately 25-percent annual IT growth has been recorded in the country in recent times.

“We have certain competitive advantages in the region. First and foremost, there is the high level of education of the population. In the Soviet years, IT itself was one of Armenia’s economic specialties,” Sargsyan said.