GEORGIA WOULD WANT ARMENIAN COMPANIES TO PRIVATIZE ITS PORTS

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 16. ARMINFO. Georgia would be glad if Armenian
companies took part in the privatization of its ports, says deputy
minister of economic development of Georgia Gena Muradyan.

Georgia has already given Armenia the list of 372 on-sale facilities
but has not received any applications yet. Instead it received offers
from Russia, the US, Turkey and some other countries.

Armenia’s transport and communication minister Andranik Manukyan says
that the involvement of Armenian companies in the privatization of the
Georgian ports is storngly desirable but hardly possible as few of
them have the necessary money. “If I had it I would apply for the
ports myself,” says Manukyan noting that Pres.Kocharyan has urged rich
diaspora Armenians to take part in the privatization of the Georgian
ports.