Tegeltija thanked representatives of international financial institutions

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Chairman of the Council of Ministers Zoran Tegeltija held a meeting today via video link with representatives of international financial institutions in BiH. At the meeting with the resident representative of the IMF in BiH, Andrew Jewell, the head of the World Bank Office in BiH, Emanuel Salinas, the head of the EBRD Office in BiH, Manuela Naessl, the head of the EIB Office in BiH, Sandrine Fisca, and the representative of the International Finance Corporation, Lada Buševac, discussions were held on the current economic situation in BiH, as well as on the possibilities of cooperation between BiH institutions and international financial institutions in the socio-economic response to the crisis caused by the coronavirus epidemic.

Chairman Tegeltija thanked the representatives of international financial institutions for their quick response to BiH's requests for financial support and expressed regret over the inability to use the funds allocated to BiH, stating that the Council of Ministers has completed all obligations regarding making the funds withdrawn from the IMF available.

On this occasion, the interlocutors also discussed the so-called post-COVID response, and Chairman Tegeltija informed the meeting participants that the first session of the Group for Socio-Economic Response will be held next week, whose task is to prepare coordinated and harmonized measures and reforms aimed at a swift recovery from the crisis.

The meeting participants agreed that maximum efforts should be made to make the allocated IMF funds available to the entities and the Brčko District as soon as possible, to define joint measures for the socio-economic response to the crisis as soon as possible, and accordingly define the necessary financial support from international financial institutions.