Family support named among priorities for Belarus' government

Families with children are entitled to wide-ranging support in Belarus, and this policy has become the country's calling card. Even in difficult economic conditions the state did not save on families and will not, Belarus' Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko said as he welcomed the participants of the national open dialogue "Large family as the priority of the state family policy" running in the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve at Nesvizh, BelTA has learned.

"Supporting large families is the absolute priority for the government. You are a pillar of the sustainable development of our state," Igor Petrishenko said addressing the participants. He stressed that the government clearly sees the values and life priorities of modern youth: career, personal development, and hence later marriage and the birth of children. We need to take this into account in our family policy.”

"The country has created the basis for improving the economic potential of families with children. Significant funds have been invested in all areas vital for them,” Igor Petrishenko said. “In the past year alone, about Br4.65 billion of the budget was earmarked to support families raising children. This accounted for 3% of GDP. In this regard, I want to assure you that our state has never economized on families and will not."