Prime Minister Iurie Leanca asked for an updated report on the works to modernize the Chisinau Airport stipulated in the lease. If the planned actions are not carried out, the authorities can review the given contract, the Premier said in the program “Moldova live” on the public TV channel Moldova 1, IPN reports.

Iurie Leanca said the Chisinau International Airport was leased out, not sold and remains state property. “The lease aroused controversy and reproaches against me. We thus decided not to privatize other facilities this year,” he stated.

As to the situation at Banca de Economii, the Premier said the National Bank is responsible for what happens there and the authorities are concerned about the fact that the legislation makes the central bank vulnerable. “We will make changes to the legislation so as to enable the central bank to have all the instruments needed to monitor the banking sector and to find the necessary solutions. The rules will be toughened up so as to make our banking system safer,” said Iurie Leanca.

In the same connection, the Prime Minister confirmed that the National Bank allowed the Russian state corporation Vnesheconombank, which bought a large shareholding in Banca de Economii, to enter the Moldovan banking sector. The central bank’s actions are logical given that they pleaded for an entity known at international level, which would make investments.

The Russian company Avia Invest won the right to manage the Chisinau airport for a period of 49 years and pledged to invest almost €250 million in developing the airport. After the expiration of this period, the airport will return under state property.