Chinese "likely to build Belgrade bridge"

Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas stated on Friday that a Chinese company is interested in constructing the bridge from Borca to Zemun in Belgrade. He also announced that the works could begin in the first half of 2010. Chinese "likely to build Belgrade bridge" Djilas expressed hope that the "next session of the Belgrade assembly will make a decision to begin drafting a regulatory plan and complete it by December", which would create a basis for the construction of the bridge. Djilas told the reporters that he would hold a meeting with the National Investment Plan Minister Verica Kalanovic and that they would discuss the methods for realizing the project. According to him, all technical issues concerning the bridge construction should be completed by the end of the year, "and an agreement should be signed with Chinese partners". "I assume this inter-state contract will be signed during President Boris Tadic's visit to the People's Republic of China, and it is our job to do everything it takes to start the construction of the bridge in the first half of next year," the Belgrade mayor said.

Chinese "likely to build Belgrade bridge"

Đilas expressed hope that the "next session of the Belgrade assembly will make a decision to begin drafting a regulatory plan and complete it by December", which would create a basis for the construction of the bridge.

Đilas told the reporters that he would hold a meeting with the National Investment Plan Minister Verica Kalanović and that they would discuss the methods for realizing the project.

According to him, all technical issues concerning the bridge construction should be completed by the end of the year, "and an agreement should be signed with Chinese partners".

"I assume this inter-state contract will be signed during President Boris Tadić's visit to the People's Republic of China, and it is our job to do everything it takes to start the construction of the bridge in the first half of next year," the Belgrade mayor said.