POOR FAMILIES DISCUSSED IN GOVERNMENT

Panorama.am
17:13 16/04/2008

"The objective of the country and the government is to smooth the
social results caused by the increase of prices, particularly natural
gas price increase," said Vazgen Khachikyan, the president of social
investment foundation.

He mentioned that the government will take measures for the vulnerable
families. "The pensioners will get financial support from the
government which is being discussed," he said.

Note that yesterday the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan announced that
from May 1 the natural gas price will increase because the grant given
by the Government is over; thus the citizens should pay 84 drams in
stead of former 59 for one cubic meter.