President of Belarus met with the Minister of Labor and Social Protection. Marianna Shchetkina reported on the payment of pensions, salaries and employment of people. According to the minister, all payments are made in time. Alexander Lukashenko reminded that the size of pension payments must be at least 40% of the average wage in the country. The President approved the draft decree on provision of pensions of some categories of servicemen. This is a few thousand people, who have been dismissed from the army in the early 90s.
