ArmInfo. 200 engineering companies operate today in Armenia, and within the framework of the new innovation strategy, their number will triple. Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia Emil Tarasyan stated this in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent.
He stressed the importance of implementing engineering capacity primarily in the domestic market. "As in the IT field and in engineering, we need to eliminate the need for using imported products to a certain extent and achieve that the application of innovative scientific, technical and technological developments of Armenian specialists in everyday life becomes real. Our idea should be so qualitative and competitive that it would first of all promote the welfare of the people of Armenia and then work for the benefit of the economies of other countries, "E. Tarasyan stressed.
In this regard, he noted that even with Armenia's accession to the EAE, a large market opened for the industry, which, according to Tarasyan, domestic engineering was not ready for. In parallel with this, in Russia, in connection with the application of sanctions, the import substitution program was launched.
Therefore, he stressed that priority should be the development of the sphere in the domestic market, and then the implementation of the export policy will begin. "Realizing a new innovation strategy in the industry promotion, we need to reach a level that Armenian engineers are able to meet the demand that arises in any country of the world," he concluded.