The Prime Minister of Republika Srpska (RS) Radovan Viskovic said that yesterday, seven days before the deadline, the Government of RS fulfilled its obligations and paid 336 million BAM for the bonds raised on the Vienna Stock Exchange in 2018.
“I want to inform the public that we have received official confirmation from Vienna that the money is already in their accounts – 336 million BAM. Today is June 22nd, which means that the Government of the RS fulfilled its obligations seven days before the deadline,” said Prime Minister Viskovic yesterday.
It should be recalled that in June 2018, bonds to the RS worth 200 million euros were sold on the Vienna Stock Exchange, with a maturity date of June 28th, 2023.
The bonds were sold with an interest rate of 4.75 percent annually.
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) never announced that it issued guarantees for the sale of these bonds, and the securities, with which RS entered the international financial market for the first time, were sold through intermediaries. It was also never announced who bought these bonds.
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