Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Announces a Dividend from Ordinary Income of $0.15000 per Share for December 20

Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Announces a
Dividend from Ordinary Income of $0.15000 per Share for December 2004, January
and February 2005 


NEW YORK, Oct. 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets
Debt Fund Inc., which is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"ESD," announced today a dividend from ordinary income of $0.15000 per common
share for the months of December 2004, January and February 2005 appear below:

                     Ex-Dividend           Record              Payable

   December 2004       12/3/04             12/7/04             12/17/04

   January             1/14/05             1/19/05             1/28/05

   February            2/11/05             2/15/05             2/25/05



Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc., a non-diversified closed-end
investment management company, is managed by Salomon Brothers Asset Management
Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Inc.

For more information, call Investor Relations at 1-888-777-0102 or
1-800-SALOMON, or visit the Fund's web site at http://www.sbam.com/ 

DATASOURCE: Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc.



CONTACT:  Brenda Grandell, Director, Closed-End Funds of Citigroup Asset

Management, [phone], for Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund

Inc.



Web site:  http://www.sbam.com/ 

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