Touching on the ongoing dispute regarding back wages owned to Nairit Rubber Plant workers, Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan today stated that the government has made no promises to the workers and that any such payments could only be made after a portion of te plant’s assets were sold off.

At the cabinet session, Abrahamyan said that layoffs at the plant have decreased personnel to 480.

The minister of energy and natural resources claimed that negotiations are underway to resolve the issue.