Serbia’s Prime Minister
Aleksandar
Vucic met on November 30 with a World Bank delegation, led by Vice
President for Europe and Central Asia
Cyril Muller, to discuss
plans for the structural reform of public enterprises, including Srbijagas.
Representatives of the
World Bank expressed concern about the growth of claims of Srbijagas, which is
the state-owned natural gas provider in Serbia with headquarters in Novi Sad,
and its further restructuring.
"It was suggested to pass a
Conclusion that would oblige Srbijagas to implement consistently the policy of
collection of debts. It was also suggested to set up joint teams of the Serbian
government and the World Bank for boosting entrepreneurship and business
skills,” the Serbian government said in a statement posted on its website.
The World Bank
representatives expressed readiness to provide assistance to the government of
Serbia to strengthen the capacity of the state administration to establish
better coordination of institutions and focus on achieving concrete results.
The meeting was also
attended by Regional Director for South-East Europe and the Balkans
Ellen
Goldstein and Director of the World Bank Office in Serbia
Tony
Verheijen.
https://www.neweurope.eu/article/world-bank-serbia-government-discuss-srbijagas-restructuring/