Council of Ministers of BiH adopted the draft agreement on the Southern Interconnection

(Patria) - The Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, at an extraordinary/telephone session, adopted the Report on negotiations and determined the Draft Agreement between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia on the construction of the "Southern Interconnection of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republic of Croatia" gas pipeline on the route Zagvozd (HR) - Posušje (BiH) - Novi Travnik/Travnik with a branch to Mostar.

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina is tasked with submitting the Draft Agreement to the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina for further legally prescribed procedure, with the proposal to authorize the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina to sign it on behalf of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Agreement regulates the basis for cooperation and joint construction of the interconnection (each on its own side) on the route Zagvozd (Republic of Croatia) – Posušje (Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Tomislavgrad – Šuica – Kupres – Bugojno – Novi Travnik/Travnik and the route Posušje – Grude – Široki Brijeg – Mostar, with branches towards Livno, Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Donji Vakuf and Jajce, and a branch to Čapljina and an additional route Kladanj – Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Split – Zagvozd gas pipeline in the Republic of Croatia.