Bratusek: Around 400 participants in donor conference

LJUBLJANA - Slovenian Prime Minister Alenka Bratusek said on Wednesday after a meeting with Ambassadors of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) and France that the donor conference is expected to bring together around 400 participants in Brussels on July 16.

Slovenia, which is together with France organizing this international conference aimed at raising funds for remedying the consequences of the catastrophic floods in Serbia and BiH, will do its best to make sure that it is a success, Bratusek told reporters after the meeting with Ambassadors Aleksandar Radovanovic, Zeljko Jerkic and Pierre-Francois Mourier.

She said that Slovenia takes pride in having offered prompt and generous assistance to Serbia and BiH during the floods in May, the STA news agency reported.
Besides the Slovenian prime minister, the donor conference will be presided by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele.

Bratusek underlined that the donations will be used for the repair of houses, schools, mines, industrial facilities and infrastructure.

The Ambassadors of Serbia and BiH, Radovanovic and Jerkic respectively, thanked Slovenia and France, as well as the European Union for the assistance during and after the floods.

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