Slovak budget sees 2.9 pct/GDP fiscal gap -FinMin

BRATISLAVA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - The 2007 Slovak draft budget sees the overall public sector deficit at 2.9 percent of gross domestic product, a Finance Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.

The daily Hospodarske Noviny, quoting a leaked copy of the draft budget, reported on Tuesday that the central government deficit would be 32.2 billion crowns ($1.09 billion), or 2.94 percent of GDP.

A spokesman for the finance ministry would only confirm the wider public sector gap target, a key euro adoption criteria. Slovakia hopes to join the euro zone in 2009.

((Reporting by Martin Santa, editing by Alan Crosby; martin.santa@reuters.com; Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421-2 5341 8402))

($1=29.46 Slovak Crown)

Keywords: ECONOMY SLOVAKIA FININ