Prime minister meets with IMF officials

Prime minister meets with IMF officials

BELGRADE -- Aleksandar Vučić has said that Serbia "has to continue structural reforms" adding that he expected the signing of an agreement with the IMF.

The Serbian prime minister made the remarks during a meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Serbia Deheng Kim on Monday.

He stressed IMF representatives "had not made any specific recommendations concerning measures required for fiscal savings."

According to a government statement, he also said that "representatives of the Serbian government had the IMF resident representative acquainted with measures aimed at ensuring budget savings and stabilizing the public debt, also with measures to revive the industry."

The Serbian government representatives emphasized that they would discuss the measures "in the coming weeks."

The IMF thinks that all measures to be adopted "should be characterized a broad societal acceptability if their sustainability is to be ensured, and in this context it was advised that the package should protect the socially endangered population," it was said at the meeting, Tanjug reported.

The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Dušan Vujović, Economy Minister Željko Sertić, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovički, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin and Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Jorgovanka Tabaković.