September 29 (SeeNews) - North Macedonia's prime minister Dimitar Kovachevski said the state will lease two heating plants serving the capital Skopje from their owner, local construction company Adora Engineering, while the negotiations for their sale between the firm and state-owned electricity producer ESM are in progress.
With this, Kovachevski confirmed that Adora is negotiating the sale of East and West heating plants with ESM during a news conference streamed on the government's YouTube channel on Wednesday.
Earlier this month, Adora Engineering announced that is selling the assets of bankrupt local heating utility Toplifikacija for 9.3 million euro ($9 million) - the same price at which it bought them earlier.
Kovachevski added that ESM will take over the role of provider of thermal energy to the city of Skopje. ESM was the sole bidder in the government's public call for a provider of thermal energy production, distribution and supply.