Alina Hovhannisyan. The process of paying unpaid salaries to 116 employees responsible for technical safety of the Nairit plant launched in January 1, 2018 still continues, First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan told this on his Facebook page.

"At the moment, wages amounting to 55 million drams have already been paid, which is a debt for 5 months," he wrote. The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that along with this, interest is calculated, which will be paid to employees for delay.

"I thank the employees who raised this issue, as well as the ministers of emergency situations and finance for their efforts to solve it," stressed Mirzoyan.

To recall, the chemical giant of Armenia – "Nairit" plant has been idle since March 2010. The enterprise completely stopped working in 2014. The total debt of the enterprise reached 50 billion drams (about $ 130 million). The court of Yerevan's Shengavit administrative district declared Nairit Plant CJSC bankrupt at the end of November 2016 on the basis of the suit filed by the Electric Network of Armenia. Until the end of the 1980s, the plant's products occupied 10-12% of the world market of synthetic rubber.