In Volyn, plans to open a new border crossing point with Poland

Five new checkpoints are planned at the Ukrainian-Polish border, one of which in Volynia

The Ambassador of Ukraine to Warsaw Andriy Deshchytsy reported that Gazeta.ua

According to Dechchik, the prospect of opening a Nizhankovichi-Malchovichi crossing point near Peremyshl over the next two years is real.

"To this end, the decision of the joint commission on cross-border and regional development was announced Voivodeship, for the preparation of the design quote to

Deshchytsya also announced the opening of four points of control: one in the Volyn region, two in Lviv and one in the Transcarpathian region, on the border between Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

] At the same time, he stressed that Today, the priority task is to modernize the existing checkpoints.One way to increase the efficiency of their work was called by the introduction of a joint control, which is currently operating in four of the eight car checkpoints located on the border between Ukraine and Poland.

Mr. Deshchytsya recalled that for ten years, the number of car checkpoints 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.