WW II ARMENIAN VETERANS TO RECEIVE COMPENSATIONS FOR DEPRECIATED SOVIET TIME BANK DEPOSITS
ARKA
March 25, 2010
YEREVAN, March 25. /ARKA/. The Armenian government has decided today
to pay as a priority compensations to veterans of WWII for their
depreciated Soviet time bank deposits.
The news was announced by finance minister Tigran Davtian.
Speaking at a government session held in the town of Artashat, Ararat
province, the minister said a change will be made to the relating
law to pay compensations within this year. He said a draft government
decision will be sent to parliament’s approval.
Prime minister Tigran Sarkisian said the issue had been discussed
by the Republican Party following which some of its members asked
president Serzh Sarkisian to help pay compensations to the veterans
as a priority.
In 2006 March the government approved an order of paying compensations
to holders of depreciated Soviet time bank deposits, placed before
1993 June. This year the government has earmarked 1.7 billion drams
for payment of such compensations. ($1 – 394.40 Drams). -0-