VIDOVIĆ: OPENING OF IDB OFFICE IN ZVORNIK IMPORTANT FOR BIRAČ REGION

ZVORNIK, 10 NOVEMBER /SRNA/ – The office of the Investment-Development Bank /IDB/ of Republika Srpska was officially opened today in Zvornik, where employees will provide services and support to residents and business entities in the Birač region.

The office was officially opened by Republika Srpska Minister of Finance Zora Vidović, Acting Director of the IDB Nedeljko Ćorić, and Mayor of Zvornik Bojan Ivanović.

Vidović assessed that the opening of the office would bring the IDB closer to residents and businesspeople in the region.

"The IDB will keep expanding its core activities, which, on the one hand, include housing loans for young married couples and, on the other, financing for businesses," Vidović told the press.

Vidović also stated that Republika Srpska`s GDP growth for this year is projected at between 2.5 and 2.7 percent, while inflation is expected to be around five percent.

Ćorić said that the opening of the office is a continuation of the Bank's efforts to establish a presence in all regions of Republika Srpska.

"I am confident that this office will fully support the residents of the Birač region and the municipalities within it – Vlasenica, Osmaci, Milići, Šekovići, Bratunac and Srebrenica," Ćorić said.

He emphasised that the intent is for Bank employees to visit these municipalities once a week, collect applications, process them as quickly as possible and make the relevant services available so that residents could exercise their right to housing support.

"In the next stages, we will also reach out to businesses and entrepreneurs," Ćorić said.

Ivanović expressed his expectation that the office would become a meeting place, primarily for good ideas and the successful results that emerge from them.

"We expect the IDB to fulfill its mission and contribute to the economic development of Zvornik and the entire Birač region, because there can be no strong Republika Srpska without a strong Zvornik and region," Ivanović said.

Expressing his gratitude to the IDB and the Republika Srpska Government for choosing Zvornik as the location for expanding business operations, Ivanović said that the IDB, the Government of Republika Srpska and the local administration would work together towards a common goal - creating the best possible business and economic environment in Zvornik and the wider region.