Minimum wage, pensions and social benefits to be increased next year - President Ilham Aliyev

BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 2. The instruction
has already been given; next year, the minimum wage, pensions, and
social benefits will be increased, President Ilham Aliyev said in
his speech at the 8th Congress of the New
Azerbaijan Party (YAP).

"We consistently pursue this policy to ensure that the welfare
of the Azerbaijani people improves year after year," the head of
state emphasized.

The 8th Congress of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP) is being held
at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.

A total of 960 delegates were elected by YAP's district and city
organizations to attend the congress.

As part of preparations for the 8th Congress, reporting
conferences were held at 84 local party organizations from
September 7 through 19. A total of 16,239 people participated in
the conferences.

The reporting conferences featured reports on work carried out
to fulfill the tasks set following the 7th Congress, while the
results achieved were discussed.