Ukraine to connect border crossings to Interpol system

KYIV, June 15 /Ukrinform/. In September, 49 border crossings of the State Border Service of Ukraine will be linked in to Interpol systems.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said this during a ceremony to mark the handing over of EU border protection technical equipment to Ukraine on Monday, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

"The key factor for a visa-free regime with the EU is the security of Ukraine's borders ... The objective of the State Border Service is to provide all the technical options and technical solutions in order to make visa-free regime a reality in 2016. The tasks of the State Border Service of Ukraine include the unification of our electronic control systems with systems of Interpol so that it will be possible to check in databases at the main crossing points any citizen who crosses the state border of Ukraine, so as to establish whether or not such person is wanted by Interpol," Yatsenyuk said.

According to Yatsenyuk, 49 border crossings should be connected to Interpol control system in September.

"During these months we have built hundreds of kilometers of anti-tank ditches, 50 towers and a 400 kilometer-long security zone under the 'European Wall' construction project, which is to reinforce the Ukrainian border with Russia. Ukraine is building a modernized border, which will make it possible to keep control over the Ukrainian-Russian border, to ensure the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine," he said.

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