The banks will help the agricultural producers to overcome the difficult situation in which they found themselves after the imposition of bans by Russia, as they promised, the governor of the National Bank of Moldova Dorin Dragutanu said in a news conference, quoted by IPN.

He noted that the top priority now is to help the growers of apples, plums and other fruit and the processors. “The banks are not interested in seeing the economic entities going bankrupt and in dispossessing them of security. They want to provide loans that would bring then interest. The situation is not easy for banks either and they will discuss with every debtor from among producers and processors so as to determine the impact on them and identify solutions in every case apart to enable the economic entities to avoid bankruptcy,” stated Dorin Dragutanu.

The governor said the central bank also wants to contribute to reducing the pressure on producers and processors.

“The Administration Board of the National Bank will consider the possibility of facilitating the repayment of loans released in agriculture and the food industry so that the banks and the fruit producers and producers have more time to identify a reasonable and fair solution in the relations between the creditors and debtors,” he stated.