KYIV, Jan 17 – President Petro Poroshenko has said that increasing the level of social standards would be the main priority in 2019, the presidential website reported.

"As of January 1, a new minimum wage was set at almost UAH 500 more - it was UAH 3,700, and now it is UAH 4,171. The first priority in 2019 will be to raise the level of social standards," Poroshenko said to residents of Stanyshivka merged territorial community in Zhytomyr region on Thursday.