ZAGREB, May 6 (Hina) - The Croatian government has responded to the misquotation of Deputy Prime Minister Andrija Hebrang's statement on a possible project for establishing a strong state-run development bank, saying that Hebrang did
not in any way say that foreign banks were halting domestic investments.
ZAGREB, May 6 (Hina) - The Croatian government has responded to the
misquotation of Deputy Prime Minister Andrija Hebrang's statement on a
possible project for establishing a strong state-run development bank,
saying that Hebrang did not in any way say that foreign banks were
halting domestic investments. #L#
A national daily reported in its Thursday issue in an article
headlined "Foreign Banks Halt Domestic Investments" that during his
interview with a local radio station Hebrang had criticised banks 95
percent owned by foreign financial institutions.
Speaking about the project for creating a strong state-owned bank for
development, Hebrang did not say that this was the unanimous opinion
of the Government but he said that the Government had not yet
discussed the matter and that he expressed his own position, the
government said in a statement refuting the daily's allegations.
Hebrang did not at all speak about foreign banks halting domestic
investments, the government added.
Commenting on the possible establishment of a state-run bank for
development, Hebrang said that every state, including Croatia, should
have such a national bank. Any other interpretations of the statement
by the Deputy Prime Minister do not correspond to the truth, the
government said.
(Hina) ms