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Debate about 11 international financial agreements ends
Belgrade,
8 September 2008
Members of the Serbian parliament ended debating this evening about 11 bills on ratification of agreements on the implementation of projects worth a total of €286.5 million.
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Fonet
Parliament speaker Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic has scheduled voting on the bills to be held on September 9 following the completion of discussion of all items on the agenda. The proposed resolution on the continuity of state policy towards Kosovo-Metohija was withdrawn from parliament by the Serbian government.
Besides voting on 11 financial agreements, the MPs must also vote on ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, and the energy agreement with Russia.
Concluding the debate on financial agreements, Serbian Minister of Finance Diana told MPs that the government has also put forward two bills for issuing additional guarantees for loans for reconstruction of the Gazela Bridge and the Belgrade motorway, worth €140 million.
Dragutinovic said that all loans are for infrastructure projects, investment in health and regional development, and their effects will not be visible in the short term.
She said that Serbia must get loans under favourable conditions, with longer repayment periods, and added that the country must do it under terms which are valid for all other countries that are members of international financial institutions.
The Finance Minister said that the public will not be further burdened by the debt because funds were set aside from the 2001 budget for meeting these financial obligations. She added that none of these projects are for Kosovo-Metohija, but a sum of RSD 45 billion was allocated from the budget for the province last year.
Besides voting on 11 financial agreements, the MPs must also vote on ratification of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the EU, and the energy agreement with Russia.
Concluding the debate on financial agreements, Serbian Minister of Finance Diana told MPs that the government has also put forward two bills for issuing additional guarantees for loans for reconstruction of the Gazela Bridge and the Belgrade motorway, worth €140 million.
Dragutinovic said that all loans are for infrastructure projects, investment in health and regional development, and their effects will not be visible in the short term.
She said that Serbia must get loans under favourable conditions, with longer repayment periods, and added that the country must do it under terms which are valid for all other countries that are members of international financial institutions.
The Finance Minister said that the public will not be further burdened by the debt because funds were set aside from the 2001 budget for meeting these financial obligations. She added that none of these projects are for Kosovo-Metohija, but a sum of RSD 45 billion was allocated from the budget for the province last year.
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