YEREVAN. – The government of Armenia made a decision today to allocate 475,747 million drams from the government reserve fund to the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the payment of the bonuses given to rescuers for the special rescue service conditions.

Minister of Emergency Situations Feliks Tsolakyan clarified that this is the 3-month salary that they have not yet paid this year related to the increase of salaries. "It’s about October, November, December this year," he said.

Asked how much the monthly salaries of rescuers will be, the minister replied that without bonuses, the lowest salary will be about 130,000 drams, whereas previously it was 85-90,000 drams.