Electric Networks of Armenia ever apolitical - board chairman 

ArmInfo."Electric Networks of Armenia" have been and will remain outside of politics. This was  stated at a press conference on September 4 by Vice President of the Tashir Group of Companies, Chairman of the Board of Directors of "ESA" Karen Darbinyan, commenting on the possibility of nationalization of the CJSC by the state.

Darbinyan ruled out such a development. According to him, against the  background of the recent frequent power outages, various assumptions  may be made, including the allegedly special nature of these actions  against the background of the approaching pre-election period.  However, these assumptions have nothing to do with the real state of  affairs. Another question, the head of the Board continued, if the  company did not fulfill its obligations. "But we strictly fulfill  them," Darbinyan emphasized.

He also reported that the company's owners are not discussing the  issue of transferring part of the shares of <ESA> to the RA  government, as was done with respect to a number of enterprises in  the republic. Let us recall that earlier during the press conference,  journalists asked the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan whether the issue of liquidating the monopolies of the  companies "ESA", "Veolia Jur" and "Gazprom Armenia" by increasing the  number of operators, as was done in the communications sector, in  order to create competition and ensure normal service. To this,  Pashinyan stated that all these problems seriously concern the  Armenian government, and they are priorities for the Cabinet.