"It is absolutely incorrect that three weeks ago the State Treasury was blocked because of 350 million euros of a foreign loan that had allegedly become due. This alleged sum did not become due, neither did the Finance Ministry assume a new debt with the secret issuance of bonds on the money market in Austria," read the joint statement, signed by Finance Minister and HNB Governor Zeljko Rohatinski.
The joint press release underlines that the Republic of Croatia is regularly paying back its foreign and domestic debts, and all payments from the budget are carried out within defined time terms.
"We also refute as completely groundless and ill-intentioned all other assessments and statements given in the article pertaining to the public finance and monetary policy," the governor and minister said responding to the weekly's article headlined 'Market Players Save Croatia from Bankruptcy"