Belarusian parliamentarians are considering the possibility of providing transport benefits to former concentration camp prisoners

February 24, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Belarusian parliamentarians are considering the possibility of providing transport benefits to former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. This was announced by the Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Boris Batura today during a reception of citizens in Vitebsk, BELTA correspondent reports. "By the 65th anniversary of Victory, some progress may be made on this issue. At the same time, providing travel benefits is the only issue that may require revision in the law on streamlining benefits," Boris Batura said. The speaker noted that the population of Belarus is gradually aging, and accordingly, social costs are increasing. "However, the state continues to undertake a large number of obligations to provide assistance to needy categories of the population, paying great attention to veterans and war participants," Boris Batura emphasized. During the reception of the population, the Chairman of the Council of the Republic considered about 20 appeals, which concerned issues of housing and communal services, provision of benefits to former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, employment, granting Belarusian citizenship, provision of social housing, etc. -0-