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Minister of High-Tech Industry of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, who is in Washington as part of the official delegation led by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, met with a group of American colleagues at the White House, he said in a Facebook post.
Hayrapetyan met with Michael Kratsios, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and Principal Advisor to the U.S. President on Science and Technology; Sriram Krishnan, Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence; Dean Ball, Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology; and Jonathan Askonas, Representative of the Policy Planning Division of the U.S. Department of State.
According to Hayrapetyan, Kratsios presented the U.S. government's action plan and strategic goals in the field of science and technology. In turn, the minister presented Armenia's programs and priorities in semiconductor design, artificial intelligence, and scientific research, including state development programs, the creation of the AI Virtual Institute, and the format of state support for an investment program of about 500 million USD in Armenia by FirebirdAI in partnership with NVIDIA.
Hayrapetyan added that the possible entry of new large American technology companies and services into Armenia was also discussed during the meeting.