"This is the first agreement of its kind with a major European development bank, and marks a big step forward in the effort to bring more development funding into the picture when it comes to providing solutions for refugees and displaced persons," UNHCR spokesman Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on 15 March, one day after the deal was finalised.
"Ovo je prvi sporazum takve vrste s velikom europskom razvojnom bankom i predstavlja velik korak naprijed u naporima za stavljanje većeg naglaska na razvojna sredstva kada je u pitanju pronalaženje rješenja za izbjegle i raseljene osobe", izjavio je novinarima 15. ožujka u Genevi glasnogovornik UNHCR-a Rupert Colville, dan nakon završetka sporazuma.