Pension payments to IDPs to be resolved within weeks - Tuka

12:05, 02.06.2016 1 min read

The deputy minister of Ukraine on the temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons (IDPs), Heorhiy Tuka, has said the issue of delay in pensions to internally displaced persons from Donbas would be resolved within one or two weeks.

"There have been received numerous complaints from IDPs with respect to delays in payment of pensions. I want to report the National Security and Defense Council yesterday discussed this issue. I hope in a week or two it will be solved, it is necessary to make changes to some government documents," Tuka wrote on his Facebook page.

As reported, on May 19 Head of the European Union Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski urged Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Rozenko to ensure legitimate payments to IDPs.