Ukraine agrees to open new border checkpoint with Hungary

The governments of Ukraine and Hungary have agreed on amendments to the agreement on border traffic control that will enable another checkpoint to be opened for passenger vehicles at Velyka Palad-Nagyhódos.

Source: a statement issued by Ukraine’s Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure on 8 April, as reported by European Pravda

Empty heavy vehicles weighing more than 7.5 tonnes will also be permitted to pass through the Luzhanka-Beregsurány checkpoint under the amended agreement, which was signed by Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration, and Hungarian Ambassador Heizer Antal.

Quote: "We are also considering building a new freight checkpoint [at] Dyida-Beregdaróc to increase the capacity of the Ukrainian-Hungarian border," the Development Ministry’s press service quoted Kubrakov as saying.

Kubrakov added that the Ukrainian government is also negotiating on joint customs and border control with Hungary, which will speed up control procedures and reduce border crossing time.

The amendments to the bilateral agreement have yet to be ratified.

Currently, there are five road checkpoints with Hungary, and only one of them, Chop-Záhony, is open to lorries weighing over 7.5 tonnes.

Previously: Last week, the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers approved an agreement with Romania to open a new border checkpoint between Bila Tserkva in Ukraine’s Zakarpattia Oblast and Sighetu Marmației in Romania.

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