BONUS TO PENSIONS OF VETERANS WILL BE RAISED

KarabakhOpen
17-05-2008 12:46:43

On May 16 President Bako Sahakyan met with a group of veterans of
the Great Patriotic War led by the chair of the Council of Veterans
of War and Work Aram Martirosyan.

The president informed that from July 1 the monthly bonus to their
pensions will be raised. By the way, a few days ago the Armenian
government decided to raise the bonus from 10 thousand to 20 thousand
drams.

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic had a great contribution to the Great
Patriotic War. Each third inhabitant of Karabakh which is 45 thousand
people participated in the war. Of them only 22 thousand returned.

Of those 22 thousand veterans only 1050 are alive now. Of them 307
live in Stepanakert.