MIHAJLOVIC: Construction of Sarajevo highway impossible without agreement in B&H

(Zorana Mihajlovic) Minister of Transport Zorana Mihajlovic stated that an agreement on the route of the Belgrade-Sarajevo highway needed to be reached in B&H, or the highway wouldn’t be built at all.

– Belgrade can only appeal for the agreement to be reached, as the interest of the citizens and the possibilities the construction of the new highway might open are paramount – Mihajlovic said.

She said for Sputnik that Serbia was ready to continue the negotiations about the construction of the Belgrade-Sarajevo highway, a strategically important infrastructural project.

According to earlier estimates, the construction would cost around EUR 850 million.

Republika Srpska and the Federation of B&H have so far not agreed about the route. Srpska prefers the potential route through Visegrad, whereas the Federation favors the route through Tuzla.

The highway should be financed by Turkey, most probably using the proceeds of a loan which is to be repaid by B&H and Serbia.

Ministarstvo građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture Republike Srbije

Ministry of Construction

Zorana Mihajlovic

Belgrade Sarajevo highway

Belgrade Sarajevo highway route