Photo: Government of RS
The reconstruction and construction of the Foča-Šćepan Polje highway, also known as the “Death Road”, has been discussed for years. As far back as 2017, the authorities of Republika Srpska planned to finance this project through European institutions or European creditors on favourable terms. However, this year, the entity government turned to credit sources from China. Thus, the Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, Radovan Višković, based on criteria known to him, decided that the highway would be built by the Chinese company CRBC (China Road and Bridge Corporation). The funding has not yet been secured. The government’s plan is to borrow the money from the Chinese EXIM Bank.