Russia to lend Serbia $500 million, pledges support on Kosovo


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013

GORKI, Russia (Reuters) - Russia granted Serbia a $500 million (326 million pounds) loan on Wednesday and promised to back Belgrade in its dispute with Kosovo but warned it must broker a deal with its former province on its own.

Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev told his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic in Moscow that Russia would "always support our Serbian friends" but said the push for a deal with majority Albanian Kosovo must come from Belgrade itself.

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