YEREVAN. – The Prime Minister of Armenia, Hovik Abrahamyan, just recently received five of the former employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant of capital city of Yerevan, who demand their unpaid salaries and have assembled outside the Government Building on Thursday.

The Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informed the aforementioned from the scene.

Separately, Ruling Republican Party of Armenia National Assembly (NA) Faction member Vardan Ayvazyan, who is also Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Economic Affairs, likewise received five former Nairit workers on the same day.

The plant employees will need to submit a clear timetable for the payment of their salary debts, and written requirements with respect to reactivating Nairit.

As reported earlier, a total of 1,700 Nairit workers were formally discharged as of February 6. The 18 to 24 months of unpaid wages of the employees of Nairit chemical rubber plant, which no longer operates, total Armenian drams equivalent to approximately $15 million. The workers have assembled outside the Government Building and the Office of the President numerous times, and demanded a solution to their salary-related problems.