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Shmyhal added the state's strategic infrastructure facilities "should be kept in proper form," and the rest should be put up for sale.
The new Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine's government, has no intentions to sell or strike concession deals for state-owned railway operator JSC Ukrzaliznytsia, which provides over 80% of the country's freight and some 50% of passenger traffic.
"There are no such intentions," newly elected Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told one of Ukrainian TV channels.
He added the state-owned strategic infrastructure facilities "should be kept in proper shape," while the rest should be put up for sale.
"Everything else needs to be put up for sale, given to the market economy, developed, and used for the sake of Ukrainians," Shmyhal said.
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As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine's parliament on March 4 passed a resolution to accept Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk's resignation. This automatically led to the disbanding of the entire Cabinet of Ministers. On the same day, the Verkhovna Rada voted to appoint Denys Shmyhal as the country's new prime minister, and the new Cabinet composition was formed.
On February 5, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a memorandum of cooperation with the German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and its subsidiary, DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH (DB E&C).
"We hope that your expertise and experts will help reform Ukrzaliznytsia as soon as possible," the then Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said.
UNIAN memo. Ukrzaliznytsia is a joint-stock company wholly owned by the state. The company is included in the list of state enterprises that are not subject to privatization. The Ukrainian railways account for 82% of freight transportation and for about 50% of passenger traffic by all types of transport.