Jared Kushner's withdrawal from Serbia will hurt investment, official says


FILE PHOTO: Jared Kushner looks on during a swearing-in ceremony of Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 6, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

BELGRADE, Dec 23 (Reuters) - A decision ‌by Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, to pull ‌out of a luxury development plan in Serbia will deprive the ‌country of much-needed foreign investment and other Balkan states will benefit, the head of Serbia's ruling party said.

Kushner's U.S.-based Affinity Global Development told the Wall Street Journal last week ‍it was withdrawing from the project to build ‍a hotel, apartments, shops and ‌offices on the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters in Belgrade.

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