On the basis of the program statements of the Government and further to the discussions held in the Parliamentary Committee of Financial Affairs on 17.01.2012, as well as in the Special Parliamentary Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency on 07.02.2012, the Minister of Infrastructures, Transport and Networks Mr. M. Voridis requested ATTIKO METRO S.A. to proceed immediately with the conclusion of the contract for the “Signaling System of the Athens Metro New Extensions” with the company SIEMENS AG, so that the Athens Metro extensions be commissioned the soonest possible.