Serbia ready for construction of Ruma-Sabac highway - Waiting for Azerbaijani credit of EUR 210 million

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia, Zorana Mihajlovic, talked with Azerbaijani Ambassador, Eldar Hassanov, about the project of construction of the highway Ruma-Sabac and the highway Sabac-Loznica.

– We are ready for the realization of this project, which is one of the priorities for us this year. It is therefore important that as soon as the Azerbaijani side approves a loan of 210 million euros, we will start the work on this project – Mihajlovic said.

As the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia announced, she praised the engagement of Azerbaijani company Azvirt on infrastructure projects in Serbia, including works on tunnels on sections of the highway through Grdelica gorge, which will open for traffic on Saturday.

The meeting also discussed the next steps in the implementation of the project for the construction of the bypass around Belgrade, Sector C, from Bubanj potok to Pancevo, for which a Memorandum of Understanding with the Chinese-Azerbaijani Consortium Power China and Azvirt was signed in April in Beijing.

Hassanov thanked Deputy Prime Minister for good cooperation between Serbia and Azerbaijan and stressed that the Azerbaijani side will do everything to enable the realization of a new project in Serbia as efficiently as possible.

Azvirt Beograd

Azvirt Limited Liability Company

Powerchina China

Ministarstvo građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture Republike Srbije

Ambasada Republike Azerbejdžan Beograd

Zorana Mihajlović

Eldar Hassanov

construction of Ruma Šabac highway

Ruma Šabac highway

Šabac Loznica high speed route

highway through Grdelica Gorge

bypass route around Belgrade