President of Belarus orders to eliminate red tape in procedure of applying for pension

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has instructed to eliminate red tape in the procedure of applying for a pension as much as possible. He said this while receiving officials with a report on improving social support of the population, BelTA informs.

"There are appeals of some pensioners about the procedure of applying for a pension, assigning a pension. It is necessary to eliminate red tape completely. It should be debureaucratized to the maximum," stressed the Belarusian leader.

"The procedure should be simple: a couple of days - and the person gets the pension," said Alexander Lukashenko.