Poroshenko thanks Parliament for launching pension reform

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko thanked Ukrainian lawmakers for supporting the pension reform bill in the first reading.

"I am grateful to the Government and the Verkhovna Rada which for finally lauching the pension reform. I am glad that my proposals were heard and supported. Ukrainians deserve fair pensions," President Poroshenko wrote on his Twitter page.

On Thursday evening, Ukrainian lawmakers supported in the first reading the government bill No. 6614 on amending certain legislative acts of Ukraine on raising pensions, which is part of the package of draft laws on pension reform.

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