YEREVAN, DECEMBER 2, ARMENPRESS. President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian met with Chief Operating Officer of Telefónica, S.A., a Spanish multinational telecommunications company, Ángel Vilá Boix, in Abu Dhabi on the sidelines of his working visit to the United Arab Emirates, the Armenian President’s Office told Armenpress.

Telefónica operates in 14 countries and has a presence in 24, with and an average of 120,138 professionals, more than 356 million clients. 

The sides discussed wide range of issues of mutual interest. President Sarkissian introduced Armenia’s competitive advantages and opportunities, stating that the country is moving on with decisive steps in the field of new technologies.

In turn Ángel Vilá Boix said they will examine the cooperation opportunities with Armenia in particular in the field of cloud technologies and will present their proposals soon.

Edited and translated by Aneta Harutyunyan