Prime Minister of Republic of Srpska Savo Minić met in Belgrade today with Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Đuro Macut.

During the meeting, numerous topics of mutual interest were discussed with special emphasis on joint infrastructure projects and further advancement of relations between Republic of Srpska and Serbia.

Prime Minister Minić stated that they discussed introduction of a daily flight on the Banja Luka - Belgrade line in order to avoid problems that arose after implementation of the new rules for entering the EU. In addition, they analyzed the test runing of the joint toll collection system on highways.

"In every aspect, this was one of most substantive meetings we have had so far", Prime Minister Minić said and added that he and Prime Minister Macut also discussed a project of building a joint memorial complex to Jasenovac victims in Donja Gradina.

Also they spoke about the current status of the joint project on building an airport in Trebinje. As stated, another 200 hectares of land need to be expropriated for the future airport, while the main design should be developed within two months.

Prime Minister of Serbia Đuro Macut stated after the meeting that they also discussed the project of building a railway line between Mokra Gora and Višegrad and the associated border crossing and expressed expectation that this project currently under development will be completed this year.

"At the same time, we discussed ways to expand cooperation in the field of education and science, in other words, to integrate Srpska into the scientific world of Serbia", Prime Minister Macut said. 

With regard to the request for the release of General Ratko Mladić, Prime Minister Minić said that Republic of Srpska, together with Serbia, will respond to international organizations in order to enable that Mladić receives medical treatment in Serbia.

He said that the situation regarding General Mladić was monitored daily and stressed that it became clear that detention hospital in The Hague did not correspond to his health condition and represented revenge or torture.

"I think this is unacceptable, especially since we have heard that medical care and assistance were not adequate. This represents a violation of basic human norms", Prime Minister Minić said and added that Republic of Srpska, like Serbia, could provide guarantees and address institutions and establishments.

He stated that the Hague Tribunal has lost credibility, but that the desire remains, when it comes to Serbs, for everyone to be tried according to the strictest possible rules and respecting all possible international norms.

In addition to Prime Ministers Minić and Macut, the meeting was attended by the Ministers of Justice of Republic of Srpska and Serbia, Goran Selak and Nenad Vujić, as well as the Minister of Transport and Communications of Republic of Srpska, Zoran Stevanović and the Minister of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia, Aleksandra Sofronijević. 

It has been agreed that the Governments of Republic of Srpska and Serbia will meet every month in the future and the next meeting is scheduled for 23 May in Trebinje.