Council Of Ministers Meeting Held

ANKARA, Feb 11 (A.A) - Council of Ministers decided on Monday to pay money to beet producers in quake hit region on Feb. 13 instead of April, 2002.
The Council of Ministers' meeting headed by Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit lasted for three hours.
State Minister and Government Spokesman Tunca Toskay said that the cabinet firstly discussed the situation in western Afyon province which was hit by the earthquake on Feb 3.
Toskay said that Public Works and Housing Minister Abdulkadir Akcan, State Ministers Hasan Gemici and Suayip Usenmez, Interior Minister Rustu Kazým Yucelen, Health Minister Osman Durmus informed the cabinet members about the services fulfilled in Afyon. He said that State Minister Edip Safter Gaydalý, Labour and Social Security Minister Yasar Okuyan, Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk and National Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu assessed the works undertaken in the region.
Toskay noted that the government will start to pay money for the beet to be purchased from farmers in Boldavin, Cay and Sultandagý towns of Afyon as of Feb 13 and the total cost of that is 1,36 trillion liras.
State Minister and Government Spokesman Toskay said that the cabinet decided to set up a committee among State Minister Gemici, Public Work and Housing Minister Akcan and Interior Minister Yucelen upon the instruction of Prime Minister Ecevit. The committee will coordinate all the works to be undertaken in the quake hit region and will inform the public opinion.
Toskay said that Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti also informed the cabinet about monetary policies.