28.09.2022

BULGARIA AND ROMANIA AGREED ON DANUBE BRIDGE-3

Bulgaria and Romania agreed on a third bridge over the Danube River. The infrastructural facility will be built near Ruse - Gyurgevo, BTA reports. For this purpose, an agreement will be signed between the two countries. In another document, they will regulate the commitments of the two countries for the implementation of the Fast Danube project and the creation of a joint company to manage the activities of the project. This was agreed upon by the Deputy Prime Ministers of both countries, Hristo Alexiev and Sorin Grindianu, at a meeting in Bucharest.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexiev is in the Romanian capital as the head of the Bulgarian delegation at the Conference of Plenipotentiaries of the International Telecommunication Union at the United Nations.

The two agreements with clear tasks and specific deadlines for the implementation of the various stages will be signed as soon as possible.

Hristo Alexiev and Sorin Grindianu were adamant that the construction of new bridges, the deepening of the Danube, ferry connectivity and improved border crossings should be considered as one common strategic priority with several projects in it.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexiev also raised with his colleague the question of the modernization of the railway section Craiova - Calafat, which is a continuation of the railway line from Danube Bridge 2 in Romanian territory.

In mid-October, the two deputy prime ministers are planning a joint meeting in Brussels, where they will jointly present a project for financing the next phase of Fast Danube and Danube Bridge 3.

Hristo Alexiev and Sorin Grindianu confirmed their desire, in parallel with the agreement reached for Danube Bridge 3, to work on the remaining projects for the construction of bridges between the two countries, according to the signed agreement of 2019.