Another checkpoint will be opened in Volhynia

Five new checkpoints will be opened at the Ukrainian-Polish border, one of which in Volyn

The prospect of opening the Nizhankovichi-Malchovichi crossing near Peremyshl is real, the l 39; Ambassador of Ukraine is real Warsaw Andriy Deshchytsya in an interview with Ukrinform, writes Gazeta.ua

"To this end, the decision of the joint commission on cross-border and regional development is already in place, funds are provided in local budgets, especially in the Podkarpackie Voivodship, for the preparation of design documentation and budget ", Deshchytsya also announced plans for the opening of four checkpoints: one in the Volyn region, two in Lviv and one in the Transcarpathian region, on the border between Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

emphasized that today the priority task is to modernize existing control points. One of the ways to increase the efficiency of their work was called for by the introduction of joint control, which currently operates in four of the eight automobile checkpoints located at the border between Ukraine and Poland.

million. Deshchytsya recalled that for ten years, the number of checkpoints has remained unchanged. and the number of people crossing the border has increased several times.

"Several attempts to speed up border controls at the expense of creating separate bands for small border traffic or vehicles of EU citizens have not materialized." Shuye general problem. the main task is to increase the number of checkpoints at the border and expand to all common checkpoints, "the ambassador summed up.