MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Hina) - Representatives of successor countries to the former Yugoslavia and Russia failed to establish a decisive and final amount of the Soviet clearing debt to these countries, even after three days of negotiations
at the Russian Finance Ministry.
MOSCOW, Jan 29 (Hina) - Representatives of successor countries to
the former Yugoslavia and Russia failed to establish a decisive and
final amount of the Soviet clearing debt to these countries, even
after three days of negotiations at the Russian Finance Ministry.
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An agreement was reached, however, that the negotiations continue
in Belgrade in March. But a joint protocol was signed on Wednesday,
according to which the Soviet debt towards the former Yugoslavia
was US$1.432 billion, while the former Yugoslavia's debts to the
former Soviet Union amounted to US$140 million dollars. Of this
amount, the successor countries are contesting the amount of some
44 million clearing dollars, so this debt to the Soviet Union will
be checked by a subsequent examination of documents.
The successor countries expected an agreement to be reached in
Moscow to make a debt swap and clearance scheme so as to render the
Soviet clearing debt to 1.292 billion dollars. However, the Russian
side showed no interest in this solution.
The Croatian delegation in Moscow was headed by an advisor to the
Croatian National Bank's governor and a member of the joint
committee for assets and liabilities of the former Yugoslavia,
Zdravko Rogic. He said the talks had been difficult, but that
representatives of the successor countries had stood together
during the negotiations.
Belgrade has been chosen for the continuation of talks because most
of the documents on the basis of which the dispute can be cleared are
at the central bank there.
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