The workers demand that Đukanović mediate between the owners of Željezara and Davidović

The workers of Nikšić Željezara at today's meeting with Petro Ivanović, who is the advisor of the President of the country Milo Đukanović, demanded that Đukanović be personally involved in solving the issue of the fate of the factory, because he has direct relations with the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Workers' representative Ivan Vujović told "Vijesti" that they told Ivanović that they expect Đukanović to mediate in the talks between the Turkish Tosjali Group, which owns Željezara, and the director of "Neksan" company Miodrag Daka Davidović, who is interested in buying the factory.

"We had a very constructive meeting, but we did not receive any concrete promises. We ask Đukanović to mediate in the meeting, and we ask the Turkish owners to cancel the decisions on dismissals and not to issue new ones, and to behave correctly in the negotiations, as well as to cancel the criminal the reports they filed against the workers," Vujović said and stated that he expects Đukanović to make a statement regarding this issue in the coming days.

The worker was told to Ivanovic that she would receive 90 percent of her salary until production at the factory resumed.

Tomorrow, they will have a new meeting with the Minister of Economic Development, Goran Đurović, and Vujović said that the workers are still staying in the factory, and that they will radicalize their steps if the situation does not change for the better.

At today's press conference with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, Đukanović did not want to answer the question regarding Željezar, that is, whether he felt responsible for the three failed privatizations of that factory.

He only said that whatever he answered to that question, in the perception of part of the public, he must be responsible "for everything that is wrong here".

"We will talk about that on another occasion...", said Đukanović.

After the Tosjali Group announced that it was giving up steel production and that it would lay off 229 long-term employees of Željezara, who were declared technologically redundant, Davidović came forward as an interested buyer. However, at the meeting held two days ago, no agreement was reached on the price, because, as Davidović announced, the Turkish owners asked for 25 million euros for the sale of the factory, while at that moment he was ready to pay 15,1 million