Official: China-funded construction is no debt burden

PODGORICA - Montenegro's public finances are sustainable thanks to the government's fiscal changes, said an official, adding that the country will continue to build its first highway.

Vatroslav Belan, adviser to the deputy prime minister on economic policy and the financial system, made the remark when asked about the government's debt level.

The Balkan country is building the first phase - 41 kilometers in length at a cost of 809 million euros ($937 million) - of a 180-km highway. It is the country's biggest infrastructure project, designed to link the southern port of Bar to its northern, landlocked neighbor Serbia.