Armenian premier orders scrutiny of petrol and diesel market
16.03.2017,
14:20
At today’s regular Cabinet meeting, Karen Karapetyan, Armenian prime minister, instructed Suren Karayan, economic development and investments minister, to examine the quality of imported oil products.
YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. At today’s regular Cabinet meeting, Karen Karapetyan, Armenian prime minister, instructed Suren Karayan, economic development and investments minister, to examine the quality of imported oil products.
The remark Karapetyan made in the National Assembly in late February has sparked public outcry. In his words, there were many cases in the April 2016 four-day war when military machinery didn’t work because of shoddy fuel.
Later, Vigen Sargsyan, defense minister, said that the premier’s words were extracted from the context and applied to the government’s control over private supplies.
“Our scrutiny has found out petrol and diesel quality problems,” Karen Karapetyan said at today’s meeting.
He is quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that the prompted came from inaccurate classification of kinds of fuel and some faults in practice and this damages consumers and market.
Although Karayan objected Karapetyan saying that the problem doesn’t come from shoddy fuel import into the country, he still assured the prime minister that his ministry will monitor the market and will submit its conclusion and proposals to him.
“The problem is created not by large suppliers, since only imports with quality certification from the Eurasian Economic Union are allowed to the country, and we have no grounds not to trust them,” he said.
“And if products are brought from third countries, we examine their quality.”
The minister said that special emphasis will be put on sales inside the country. --0---
The remark Karapetyan made in the National Assembly in late February has sparked public outcry. In his words, there were many cases in the April 2016 four-day war when military machinery didn’t work because of shoddy fuel.
Later, Vigen Sargsyan, defense minister, said that the premier’s words were extracted from the context and applied to the government’s control over private supplies.
“Our scrutiny has found out petrol and diesel quality problems,” Karen Karapetyan said at today’s meeting.
He is quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that the prompted came from inaccurate classification of kinds of fuel and some faults in practice and this damages consumers and market.
Although Karayan objected Karapetyan saying that the problem doesn’t come from shoddy fuel import into the country, he still assured the prime minister that his ministry will monitor the market and will submit its conclusion and proposals to him.
“The problem is created not by large suppliers, since only imports with quality certification from the Eurasian Economic Union are allowed to the country, and we have no grounds not to trust them,” he said.
“And if products are brought from third countries, we examine their quality.”
The minister said that special emphasis will be put on sales inside the country. --0---
