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Economy
Part of Serbia’s Kosovo debt written off
27 August 2009 | 16:20 | Source: B92
*BELGRADE -- Economy Minister Mlađan Dinkić told B92 that the World Bank
has written off USD 550mn of Serbia’s foreign debt owed for Kosovo.
* Dinkić stressed that this does not mean that Belgrade has recognized
Kosovo’s independence.
“Kosovo’s membership in the World Bank does not mean membership in the
United Nations. One question is of the country’s sovereignty, the other
is a question of fiscal policies,” Dinkić said.
He reminded that Serbia asked the World Bank to free it from paying the
“Kosovo debt” a year ago, because there was no pointing return the
Kosovo debt while Serbian taxation agencies are not getting any fiscal
income from the territory.
He said that the USD 550mn that was written off can be used by the state
to help Kosovo Serbs.
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