December 8, 2009 - 13:41 AMT
Armenia, St. Petersburg to deepen cooperation in innovation projects
Armenian-Russian business forum kicked off in Yerevan on December 8. 
 
"I wanted to bring our cooperation to a new level - scientific, technical and actively cooperate in the field of innovation," Natalya Lukicheva deputy head of St. Petersburg administration committee on external affairs.
 
She informed, that St. Petersburg adopted a program to support small and medium-sized businesses, the city will be creating free economic zones in Russia. "Now the policy of establishing technoparks and clusters is forming, when smaller companies are grouped around one major business," she added. 

Natalya Lukicheva also told about interest on the part of a newly forming technopark to find partners in Armenia among the Association of Armenian women involved in garment industry. 

Large industrial parks will also be created in medical equipment, pharmaceutical, information technology industries, which have broad potential for cooperation. 

Natalya Lukicheva invited representatives of Armenia to participate in the innovation week in Saint Petersburg next year and promised favorable conditions for the exhibition displays. The Russian delegation is represented by Union of Garment Workers, Pharmacists, scientific and technical workers, etc.