President and the government discuss social security

      Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko took part in a government meeting to discuss social security matters, BelTA reports.
       Pensions and social benefits should be paid timely and in full, the President pointed out during the event. Alexander Lukashenko noted that today there are more than 2.5 million pensioners in the country. About 600,000 of them still work. "But the rest live on a pension. We are obliged to pay pensions to these people promptly and in full," said the head of state. In his words, many acute problems in the economy and, first of all, those facing the big companies have been already considered in detail. One of the priority goals for such companies is to preserve labor collectives and provide wage payment in time.