Parliament votes to pass army compensation bill at second reading

The Armenian National Assembly voted 98 to 2 with 1 abstention to pass the bill on raising financial compensations to the families of soldiers killed or seriously wounded in action at second reading

The draft proposes to make a one-time payment amounting to 10 mln AMD to the families of the servicemen killed in action or during combat duty, and 5 mln AMD to handicapped servicemen.

The amendments also envisage annual social security benefits in the course of 20 years.