REP. SCHIFF: ARMENIA CAPABLE OF BECOMING CAUCASUS’ “SILICONE VALLEY”
December 10, 2012 – 14:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – On the sidelines of his U.S. visit, Armenian Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the President of California Institute
of Technology (Caltech) Jean-Lou Chameau.
At the meeting, the official briefed Mr. Chameau on the reforms
in Armenia’s education sector, as well as the progress in the
international accreditation of the coutry’s universities.
The parties further focused on the prospects of bilateral cooperation
and IT sector in Armenia.
As U.S. Representative Adam Schiff Adam Schiff who also attended the
meeting, said in this context, “Armenia has enough potential to become
the Caucasus’ “Silicone Valley”.”
A meeting with Caltech’s Armenian students and U.S.-based Armenian
scientists was also on Prime Minister’s visit agenda, governmental
press service reported.