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Forcing Peljesac bridge construction unnecessary, says Bosnian official

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SARAJEVO, Dec 16 (Hina) - Forcing the construction of the Peljesac bridge in a preliminary feasibility study by the French consultant Sagafe is "unfair and unnecessary" and the Croatian government's announcement that construction will begin in 2015 should be viewed within the context of internal political affairs in Croatia, Bosnian Assistant Transport Minister Izet Bejrambasic has said.

Last week he attended a meeting in Zagreb discussing the study's findings on how to connect Croatia's south with the rest of the country.

In Monday's issue of the Bosnian Oslobodjenje daily, Bejrambasic said the final recommendations would be known on December 23 and that the preliminary study was "not balanced", because of which it had been seriously criticised in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the European Commission.

He said the objections mainly referred to the price, traffic forecasts and the time necessary to build some facilities. He added that Bosnia estimated that construction would cost EUR 300 million and not EUR 200 million as stated in the study.

Bejrambasic said Bosnia believed that the Peljesac bridge would be superfluous when Bosnia entered the European Union, which Sarajevo believes could be in the next ten to 20 years.

"The European Commission had similar, often identical comments as Bosnia and Herzegovina, while Croatia was just repeating that it supported the study, while the consultant defended themselves, without arguments in most cases."

Bejrambasic said Bosnia did not object to the construction of the bridge, provided that its right to undisturbed access to the high seas, stemming from the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, be respected.

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