Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for June, July and August 2004

Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares
Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for June, July and August 2004 


NEW YORK, May 18  /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 June, July and August 2004. The dividend distribution
schedule appears below:

               Ex-Dividend       Record       Payable
   June          6/11/04        6/15/04       6/25/04
   July           7/9/04        7/13/04       7/30/04
   August        8/13/04        8/17/04       8/27/04



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, Citigroup Asset

Management, [phone]



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

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