Armenian President: Timely Payment Of Salaries, Pensions And Benefit

ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: TIMELY PAYMENT OF SALARIES, PENSIONS AND BENEFITS MOST IMPORTANT TASK OF GOVERNMENT

ARKA
Apr 1, 2009

KAPAN, April 1. /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan considered
timely payment of salaries, pensions and social benefits a most
important task of the government.

The President made this statement at the target meeting in regional
administration of Siunik of Armenia where problems of the mining
industry under the global crisis, further steps and social measures
to be taken were discussed.

Sargsyan said that no cuts of wages, pensions and social benefits
are to take place and that the payments will be made in time.

Any delay in paying salaries and pensions will be considered
negligence, President said.