Prime Minister Valeriu Strelets has discussed with representatives of farmers' associations about overdue agricultural subsidies and compensations for orchard growers during a meeting at the Government. Strelets said the Government is open to “cooperation and permanent communication, but without empty promises and without pressure”.
According to the Ministry of Finance, as of August 22, the farmers have received some 160 million lei of the 207.6 million lei due in subsidies for 2014.
The prime minister assured the farmers that, together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, he would solve “as far as possible” the problems formulated by the farmers. The amounts due for last year will be paid after the State Budget is adjusted. This will happen after negotiations with the IMF in September, Strelets assured.
