The agreement for the construction of a bridge over the Danube, joining Bulgaria’s Vidin to Romania’s Calafat will be signed in August 2006. On 27 June, Bulgarian Transport Minister Petar Moutafchiev and his Romanian counterpart Radu Berceanu negotiated the terms of the agreement during a meeting in Vidin.

Both parliaments should ratify the project agreement by the end of September, a Council of Ministers press release said.

Tenders for companies willing to execute the project would be opened on 15 September 2006 and construction works will be launched in May or June 2007.

Moutafchiev and Berceanu also talked about co-operation under the initiative for the construction of airspace functional unit and improved navigation of the Danube River.

A meeting with the Greek transport minister was needed to further discuss the construction of the Pan-European Corridor 4, said Moutafchiev.