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Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   29 March 2024

Small Armenia’s big achievements in IT amaze foreign specialists

Small Armenia’s big achievements in IT amaze foreign specialists

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. The ratio between the number of Armenia population and people engaged in IT sector inspires hopes that Armenia will reestablish its position in high technology. Armenia can definitely turn into a provider of solutions from simple executor of orders. “Armenpress” interviewed director at Ayb School, VP at ABBYY Aram Pakhchanian.

Mr. Pakhchanian, you are a member of the jury of different grant competitions that support startups; you are familiar with   ideas of startup companies. Which are your remarks? In what condition Armenian startups are? Can we turn into provider of solutions from simple executor of orders.

It is definite that we can become a provider of solutions. We have already become that, the ratio between the number of Armenia population and people engaged in IT sector (almost 15 thousand people) speaks of very good results. The only thing we must continue is to motivate our young people to make them become interested in the sector.  It is important so that they do not seek an easy life; like becoming an economist-lawyer, but attempt to enter a sector with real potential for development.

In reply to the question, how the problem of many companies registering in other countries, can be fixed, he answered that he did not consider it a problem as registration only meant which kind of legal instruments will be implemented when legal issues come to the fore.  He added that if a company is registered in a certain territory, it does not mean, it is given privileges.

Pakhchanian also added that the most important thing is that sums are spent in Armenia in the form of salaries, so that the companies generate profit and pay taxes in Armenia.

As Pakhchanian emphasized, the number of startups grows in Armenia which surprises everyone. He said that he was a jury of a grant competition which also included a specialist of a famous investment company as a jury. The latter stated that he had been a jury at a competition in Russia with the same number of participants involving teams of the whole Russian Federation. According to the specialist, he did not see the same quality there and was amazed at seeing such quality in small Armenia.   








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