Package of measures should protect socially endangered

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said during a meeting with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Serbia Deheng Kim Monday that Serbia had to continue structural reforms and expressed the expectation of Serbia and the IMF signing an agreement.

He stressed IMF representatives had not made any specific recommendations concerning measures required for fiscal savings, but 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 government's media relations office said in a release.

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

The IMF opinion is 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.

The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Dusan Vujovic, Economy Minister Zeljko Sertic, Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Kori Udovicki, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Aleksandar Vulin and Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Jorgovanka Tabakovic.

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