Armenia, European Commission exchange statements of intent on supercomputing, 5G connectivity
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The First High-Level Connectivity Platform Meeting on Digital, held in Chișinău, the capital of Moldova, on November 9–10, featured the exchange of a Statement of Intent on cooperation with the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) between Armenia’s Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence and the European Commission.
The Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of Armenia said the statement was exchanged by Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence Gevorg Mantashyan and Adrienn Kiraly, Director for Neighbourhood East and Türkiye at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST).
The statement envisages taking the necessary steps towards Armenia becoming a participating state in EuroHPC JU. This will enable Armenian research, educational and technological institutions to access European supercomputing resources and deepen their cooperation with European innovation networks.
An exchange ceremony was also held during the event for a Statement of Intent on Secure and Trusted Digital 5G Connectivity in Armenia between the Ministry of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence of Armenia, the European Commission and Swedfund, the Swedish development finance institution. Through the statement, the parties expressed their intention to cooperate in strengthening the security, resilience and reliability of Armenia’s telecommunications networks.
The statement was exchanged by Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence Gevorg Mantashyan and Eva Sundquist, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to Armenia.
Armenia’s Minister of High-Tech Industry and Artificial Intelligence Davit Tadevosyan attended the ceremonies.