Yerevan open to innovation and advanced technologies: Avinyan to French businessmen

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26.02.2026, 16:30

Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated that Yerevan is open to discussing innovative ideas, the implementation of advanced technologies, and sustainable investments at a meeting with French entrepreneurs representing various companies.

Yerevan open to innovation and advanced technologies: Avinyan to French businessmen

YEREVAN, February 26. /ARKA/. Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan stated that Yerevan is open to discussing innovative ideas, the implementation of advanced technologies, and sustainable investments at a meeting with French entrepreneurs representing various companies.

According to the Mayor's press service, Avinyan briefed the businessmen on important city development programs and investment-attractive projects.

In particular, the meeting presented transportation system modernization programs, the implementation of digital transformation projects (including the implementation of a geographic information system, GIS), the Noragyugh reconstruction project, and waste management.

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