Immediate action for the sale of a 30% stake in the Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ owned by the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF) was decided at a meeting of the Government Council on Economic Policy held at the finance ministry on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in the chair, according to ANA.
“It is our ideological and policy position, as we constantly stress, to view privatisations are a developmental tool for the economy, provided that these are carried out on terms of full transparency and with the public interest as the guideline, and not just as a means to raise public revenues,” Finance Minister Christos Staikouras noted afterward.
Finance ministry sources said that instructions were given to the HRADF to immediately continue a process asking for the submission of offers for the airport, which had begun on June 28. The deadline for the specific tender ends on September 30 but may be extended.
One of the obstacles, according to the sources, was a term requiring that the Greek State hold two positions on the airport’s board after the sale of the 30 pct stake, one of which must be the board chairman.
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