Jared Kushner has pulled out of the planned Trump Hotel project in Belgrade after the development sparked protests and legal action against a senior Serbian politician, Wall Street Journal reports via Danas.
A spokesperson for Kushner’s private investment firm, Affinity Partners, said:
“Since major projects should unite rather than divide, and out of respect for the people of Serbia and the city of Belgrade, we are withdrawing our application and stepping back at this time.”
The Serbian Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime filed an indictment against Minister of Culture Nikola Selaković, along with Secretary of the Ministry of Culture Slavica Jelača, acting Director of the Republican Institute for Cultural Heritage Goran Vasić, and acting Director of the City Institute for Cultural Heritage Aleksandar Ivanović.
The indictment concerns illegal actions in removing the cultural heritage status from the General Staff building, which has fueled public controversy and protests.
