ZAGREB, Jan 10 (Hina) - A Swiss Economy Ministry delegation, led by Franz Blankart, today visited the National Bank of Croatia and met Governor Pero Jurkovic, the National Bank said in a statement.
ZAGREB, Jan 10 (Hina) - A Swiss Economy Ministry delegation, led by
Franz Blankart, today visited the National Bank of Croatia and met
Governor Pero Jurkovic, the National Bank said in a statement. #L#
Jurkovic acquainted his guests with the current monetary
trends, the results of the stabilisation programme and the
cooperation between the Croatian central bank, the World Bank and
the IMF. He stressed the good cooperation between the National Bank
of Croatia and the Swiss National Bank, and between Croatian asd
Swiss commercial banks.
Blankart stressed the importance of supporting the tourist
industry through commercial credits, and the need for improving the
structure of Croatian exports to Switzerland, in which timber
industry accounted for 80 percent.
Also discussed was the problem of former Yugoslavia's
foreign exchange deposits held in Swiss banks. Switzerland
acknowledged Croatia's claim that former Yugoslav republics were
the rightful successors to these deposits, but was aware of the
difficulties brought about by Belgrade's view of the succession
issue, according to Blankart.
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