Decision on temporary closure of certain border checkpoints adopted

posted 05 May 2014 12:50

There has been approved a decision on temporary closure of certain checkpoints at the state border on the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The Government endorsed a respective order on April 30, 2014 “On the temporary closure of border checkpoints and control points”.

In connection to the aggravation of the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and invasion of the armed groups, extremist-minded persons and military aggression on the part of the Russian Federation, blocking of functioning of the state border checkpoints and control points located at the Crimean Autonomous Republic, that cause impossibility to perform duties in them and hampers carrying out envisaged by Ukraine’s legislation kinds of state control in the process of crossing the state border, pursuant to the Law of Ukraine “On ensuring rights and freedoms of citizens and legal regime on the temporary occupied territory of Ukraine”, the Government had endorsed a decision to temporary close the state border checkpoints and control points. Their list is placed in the Annex to the mentioned Order.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a commission to bring to the notice of the diplomatic offices of foreign states in Ukraine, the diplomatic missions and consular offices of Ukraine the information about temporary closure of the state border checkpoints and control points.  

However, the Administration of the State Border Service was instructed after eliminating of the reasons which led to such temporary closing of the checkpoints to submit for considering by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine the propositions concerning resuming of their activity.