Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner signs lease deal with Serbia to overhaul army HQ bombed by NATO
Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner
Former US president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner signed a 99-year lease deal with the Serbian authorities, allowing his company to recondition two buildings at the site of the former Yugoslav army headquarters in Belgrade that was bombed in US-led NATO strikes in 1999.
In a statement, the Serbian Construction Ministry said on Wednesday (May 15) that Kushner’s US-based investment firm Affinity Global Development “will invest in the revitalisation” of the former military complex.
The building project, however, has caused widespread criticismin Serbia as the site is a painful symbol of the NATO bombing campaign.
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"Everything ... will be in line with the Serbian laws, in cooperation with the government and relevant institutions ... that are responsible for urban planning and the protection of cultural heritage," the Serbian Construction Ministry’s statement said.
In March, Kushner announced that a wider investment by his Affinity Partners in the Balkans would include projects in Albania andinBelgrade.
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Kushner's plan isto establish a luxury hotel, 1,500 residential units and a memorial centre dedicated to the victims of the bombing at the site of the headquarters buildings.
Kushner, married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka and a former top aide to Trump when he was president, set up the investment firm after stepping down from the job in 2021.
The 1999 NATO bombing was launched to force the then strongman Slobodan Milosevic to end his brutal crackdown againstAlbanians,and put an end to the war in Kosovo.
On his Instagram account, Kushner posted "early design images" of the project in March showing two luxurious glass towers where bombed-out buildings now stand.
The ravaged site in central Belgrade was declared a protected "cultural asset" by the Serbian government in 2005.
Over 22,000 people in Serbia have so far signed a petition calling for the buildings to be preserved. The buildings designed by Serbian architect Nikola Dobrovic were built between 1957 and 1965.
(With inputs from agencies)
