Acting Minister of Finance Veaceslav Negruta voiced hope that the development partners of Moldova – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – will show understanding over the Moldovan Government’s decisions concerning pension and salary raises, IPN reports.

Asked to comment on World Bank representatives’ concerns that these raises endanger the stabilization of the system of public finances, Veaceslav Negruta said that the Moldovan authorities take account of the position of the international financial institutions, but the Government has its own viewpoint.

“It is true that there is a deficiency of communication, but, when our colleagues from the IMF arrive in Moldova, these misunderstandings will disappear. I’m sure that our partners will hear our arguments,” said the minister.

The pensions were raised by 6.75% on April 1. Some of the groups of people with pensions lower than 1,300 lei will benefit from additional increases of 8.25% and 10.4%.