Armenia not to sell state-owned precious metals and stones

YEREVAN, January 23. / ARKA /. Armenia’s finance minister David Sargsyan has denied today media reports that the government is going to sell state-owned precious metals and stones.

He explained that the government has revised its program of activities designed for precious metals and stones for 2012-2013, specifying that they are not subject to sale.

The minister said the agenda of today’s government session, which said that the government was going to review its plan of actions designed for precious metals and stones was misunderstood by some media outlets

He said the government has revised the plan because prices of precious metals and stones are falling at global markets. -0-

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