Friday, June 9 2017 12:49

ArmInfo. The Armenian parliament  at an extraordinary meeting on June 9 adopted in the second and final  reading a program of privatization of state-owned objects for 2017-  2020.

According to the head of the department for state property management  Arman Sahakyan, it is already the sixth program under which it is  planned to include 47 state enterprises in the document, 23 of which  were automatically transferred from the previous program. Several  large projects have been introduced into the privatization program,  including Haypost, Armenfilm, Hrazdan Stadium, Central Bus Station,  Yerevan Jewelry Factory, Institute of Physiotherapy and Balneology,  Fanardjian Cancer Center, Radioisotope Production Center , The  medical center "Arabkir", the Scientific and Technical Center for  Nuclear and Radiation Medicine, etc. The government plans to receive  35-36 billion AMD from the sale of all these companies. The main  objective of the presented law is to attract investments in the  development of these facilities.