Heads of Border Guard Agencies of Ukraine and Belarus Discuss Situation on Shared Border and Prospects for Cooperation

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20 of December 2019 09:04

A working meeting of the Heads of the Border Guard Agencies of Ukraine Sergii Deineko and the Republic of Belarus Anatolii Lappo, has taken place in Lviv today.

A working meeting of the Heads of the Border Guard Agencies of Ukraine ‑ Sergii Deineko and the Republic of Belarus ‑ Anatolii Lappo, has taken place in Lviv today. Before the meeting, the Belarusian delegation got acquainted with the work of Ukrainian border guards at the air border crossing point “Lviv-avia”.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the situation in the Ukrainian-Belarusian border sector in 2019. They ascertained that by virtue of combined efforts, the level of illegal activities at the shared border had decreased. Thus, a stable and predictable situation as well as regular work of border crossing points have been ensured.

Sergii Deineko drew attention to the high level of interaction with his Belarusian colleagues that allows to quickly solve non-standard situations. In addition, the Zhytomyr-Pinsk contact point activity exerted a positive influence on border protection.

In particular, the Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine thanked the Belarusian colleague for his assistance in organizing the admission of Ukrainians to the territory of the Polissia National Park for collecting wild plants. Sergii Deineko addressed Anatolii Lappo with the request for also organizing admission in 2020.

In return, Anatolii Lappo expressed his gratitude to the Head of the Border Guard Service of Ukraine for the opportunity of rehabilitation of the Belarusian border guards’ families at the State Border Guard Service Arkadiia Health Centre.

“I am convinced that the results of our work and the agreements reached will allow us to ensure a sufficient level of security at the border sector that we jointly protect,” ‑ the Head of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine summed up the results of the meeting.

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