Bevanda satisfied with adopted budget of 950 million KM

The Council of Ministers of BiH adopted at today's session the Draft Law on the budget of BiH institutions and international obligations of BiH for the next year, which includes total revenues for financing institutions and receipts planned at the level of previous years and amounts to 950 million KM, writes the BiH news agency Patria.
 
The Minister of Finance and Treasury of BiH, Vjekoslav Bevanda, expressed satisfaction with the adoption of the Draft Budget, which will be forwarded to the Presidency of BiH, and after that submitted to the BiH Parliament. Bevanda said that the budget calendar was respected. He also noted that the requests were almost 200 million KM above the established global framework.
 
- All remarks and requests were answered with arguments, and with the acceptance of minor technical corrections, the Draft Budget was adopted - 950 million was allocated for financing institutions and one billion for servicing the foreign debt - Bevanda said.
 
He also said that they are considering buying a building to house institutions.

- Funds have been allocated, the method of purchasing a building in Sarajevo has been adopted, because the rent is around four million KM annually, for the facility in East Sarajevo where the rent is around 800,000, and an additional million KM for the SIPA building in Mostar.