Belarus, Ukraine to discuss bilateral cooperation in frontier issues

At a session in Kiev on December 3-5 the border departments of Ukraine and Belarus will discuss bilateral cooperation, Alexander Tishchenko, the chief of the press centre of the state border troops committee of Belarus, told BelTA.

In his words, on December 3-5 the chairman of the state border troops committee of Belarus, Igor Rachkovsky, will be in Ukraine on a visit to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, chairman of the state border service of Ukraine, Nikolai Litvin. The two sides will consider the state and prospects of bilateral cooperation, joint participation in international technical assistance projects. The situation on the Belarusian-Ukrainian state border, implementation of the agreements and operation of border checkpoints will be also on the agenda.

The talks will also focus on the measures to ensure control over border crossing by individuals and transport vehicles as the countries signed an intergovernmental agreement on simplifying the rules of crossing the Belarusian section of the motorway Slavutich – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The new rules cover personnel, vehicles and freights of the Chernobyl plant and companies carrying out activities in the alienation zone as well as foreign specialists involved in implementing international projects on shutting down the nuclear plant.