“Once again we ratify all our willingness to make this bridge a reality, that is why we will hold a technical meeting with Brazil this Wednesday, and an informative one will be held (on Thursday) for the conclusions,” Montaño wrote on social networks.

Benjamín Blanco, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Integration of Bolivia, explained that the purpose of the meeting is to define the necessary specifications for the construction of the bridge.

The Governments of both countries are in the process of exchanging technical information after the Brazilian side sent a proposal with the request for Bolivian opinion, which has already been sent, in accordance with the corresponding procedures for this type of work.

The bidding process must be approved by the Brazilian-Bolivian Mixed Commission, which will be convened after the approval of the technical project.

According to Blanco, this is a historical debt established in the Petrópolis Treaty of 1903, which provides for a 1,200-meter bridge at a cost of 52 million dollars, covered by Brazil, who guarantees up to 70 million dollars for this purpose.

Blanco confirmed that “we have been able to see all the predisposition on the part of the Government of Brazil to reach mutually beneficial agreements for the construction of this bridge, so as to be able to shorten the times as much as possible (…) and have a bridge that satisfies the needs, of both our population in Beni and the Brazilian people.”

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