Yerevan hosted a meeting of the working group on developing a project of the Interstate Target Program on Innovative Cooperation among the CIS member states. The meeting brought together representatives of Armenia, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova.
“Priorities of cooperation among the CIS countries in the field of innovations have been numerously discussed by the states’ heads. First of all, they include those fields, which may have a breakthrough effect due to unification of the entire potential of the CIS: airplane and ship construction, energy, etc,” Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for the CIS Affairs Igor Morozov told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
In his turn, Head of the Department of High and Information Technologies of the Armenian Ministry of Economy Vache Kirakosyan said that the rehabilitation of former ties and establishment of new ones will play an important role in Armenia’s development. “This is a regular discussion, during which we will summarize the results of previous meetings and will plan our further steps,” he said.
In December 2010, the results of the working group’s operation will be submitted to presidents of the CIS countries. Meanwhile, the projects are scheduled to be implemented from January 2011 to 2020.
“The global economic crisis made us understand that there are not bounds for modern economy,” said Morozov. He added that there is a framework program in the EU, which is based on innovative cooperation among the EU countries.
“We want to establish an analogue of this program for the CIS countries, as well as to create technological corridors between these programs to expand the Eurasian innovative space, so that we present interest for each other and integrate into the world system of economy,” said Morozov.
According to Morozov, Armenia has intellectual and industrial potential, which can be used for the CIS interest that, in its turn, will create new jobs and will secure budgetary receipts for Armenia.
