Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for September, October and November 200

Salomon Brothers Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. Declares
Dividend of $0.15000 per Share for September, October and November 2004 


NEW YORK, Aug. 2  /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 September, October and November 2004 appear below:

                       Ex-Dividend      Record         Payable
  September            9/10/04         9/14/04         9/24/04

  October              10/8/04        10/13/04        10/29/04

  November            11/12/04        11/16/04        11/26/04



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 of Citigroup Asset

Management, [phone] 



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

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