The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Resolution "On taking measures for strengthening the state border protection"

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
17 June 2014, 17:50

The Verkhovna Rada recommends that the State Border Guard Service in one month after this Resolution comes into force expand the staff for a better covering of the state border with the Russian Federation.  

The Cabinet of Ministers is recommended in one month after this Resolution comes into force:

to determine an optimal number of checkpoints that should be left for protecting the east border of Ukraine;  

according chapter 2 of article 4 of the Law of Ukraine "On State Border of Ukraine" to urgently approve documents necessary to unilaterally conduct demarcation of a ground part of border with the Russian Federation which will be equipped following the example of external borders of the European Union;

to immediately adopt a decision on terminating activity of checkpoints and intensify control over the state border with the Republic of Moldova in the part of bordering with the unrecognized Transnistrian Moldavian Republic; etc.

Respective draft resolution was registered under No. 4048a.