Tomislav Nikolic hopes Serbia and Republika Srpska will become one

Ljubovija and Bratunac cannot survive without bridges, just as the Balkans cannot do it, Serbia's PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday.

Vucic made the statement as he, along with other top Serbian and Serb Republic (RS) officials, visited a new bridge across the Drina River, that connects Ljubovija, a town in Serbia, and Bratunac in the Serb entity (RS) of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Vucic, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic, RS President Milorad Dodik, and RS Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic, met in the middle of the 227-meter long bridge, named "Bratoljub" (Serbian given name; literally, "one who loves one's brother").

The EUR 13-million project, financed by the Serbian government, is currently "72 percent finished." The RS will fund the building of access roads on its side of the border.

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