Bulc: Decision to pick Belgrade merit-based

BRUSSELS - The decision to select Belgrade as the seat of the Western Balkans Transport Community was "purely merit-based," European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc said on Thursday.

"We had different offers on the table and, after careful examination, a choice was made on the one that offered the most compared to the criteria we set. I am very happy that a consensus on the seat was confirmed in Brussels and, above all, that the seat will be within the region," Bulc noted in a statement to Tanjug.