BRATISLAVA, Nov. 29 ??“ Slovakia, a shareholder in Ukraine??™s Kryviy Rih Mining and Dressing Mill of Oxidized Ores, backed a plan to sell the company, Ukrainian Industrial Policy Minister Volodymyr Shandra said.

"We sell the Ukrainian stake, and only after the tender winners come to an understanding with Slovakia and Romania, will they get the right of ownership," Shandra told reporters.