Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych agrees with the need to preserve in the budget for the coming year the payment of a one-time childbirth allowance in the amount of 8,500 hryvnias and asks the finance minister to take into account the need for such a payment. \n"If we economize on these issues with you, we are economizing on the future. I would ask that this be taken into account," said Yanukovych, addressing First Deputy Prime Minister, Finance Minister Mykola Azarov at a government meeting on Wednesday, September 20, in Kyiv. \nHe noted that the main goal of the Ministry of Finance remains balancing the budget by revenues and expenditures. He also drew Azarov's attention to the need to remember "about very sensitive issues." "I, for example, understand Minister Pavlenko (Minister for Family, Youth and Sports - ed.), when he raises the issue of children, of ensuring financing for childbirth. I understand him well," said Yanukovych. He also spoke in favor of ensuring a decent salary for judges in order to avoid corruption.\nThe prime minister noted that the finance minister's meeting with heads of parliamentary committees on Tuesday showed what differences exist in the issue of budget formation. "Therefore, in the budget process - we have gone through it and will go through it every year - we need to carefully approach those issues that are the most sensitive and priority in the work of our government," said the prime minister. \n