A new checkpoint will be opened on the border with Romania

A new checkpoint will be opened on the border with Romania


Government officials are considering the location of a new checkpoint near the villages of Bila Tserkva (Transcarpathia) and Sighetu Marmaciei in Romania.

At a meeting on April 2, the Government of Ukraine adopted a resolution to open a new checkpoint on the border with Romania. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys Shmyhal.

“Today, Ukraine and Romania are building an extremely profitable partnership, and we aim to constantly deepen it. We are adopting a resolution that will allow the opening of a new Ukrainian-Romanian border crossing point “Bila Tserkva – Sighetu Marmatsia”, Shmyhal said.

In total, it is planned to create 9 new checkpoints on the western border of Ukraine and to modernize 13 more.

As USM previously wrote, the corridor from Ukraine to Romanian and Bulgarian ports is becoming a global grain market.

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