Assistant Minister of Finance Zoran Cirovic told that he had received an official invitation from Moscow to attend a meeting of the Serbian-Russian workgroup for economic cooperation, which is to be held October 29-30, to discuss a USD 1 billion loan from Russia.

"The Russian side has finally confirmed the meeting, which was already scheduled for sometime this week. I have received an official invitation from the Russian side, and the meeting will be held Thursday and Friday this week," said Cirovic, who presides over the joint workgroup for financial, investment, economic and energy cooperation between Serbia and the Russian Federation.

Cirovic stated that it was the workgroup's first meeting, saying that they would discuss the USD 1 billion Russian credit, of which USD 800 million should go to infrastructure, while USD 200 million should cover Serbia's budget deficit.