Decision on temporary closure of certain border checkpoints adopted
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.
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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. |