KYIV. Jan 12 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Ukraine will be granted EUR 30 million of aid from the European Union due to the prolongation of the four cross-border cooperation programs, which were recently signed by the Economic Development and Trade Ministry of Ukraine with the European Commission.
As the ministry said on its Facebook page, this aid will be used for further development and modernization of international road checkpoints Krasnoilsk and Dyakivtsi on the Ukrainian-Romanian border; Rava-Ruska, Ustyluh-Zosin, Krakovets, Schehyni and Yahodyn on the Ukrainian-Polish border; Uzhgorod-Vyshne-Nimetske on the Ukrainian-Slovak border; and also Luzhanka-Berehshuran on the Ukrainian-Hungarian border.
Besides, a waterway checkpoint for canoers Vylok will be built on the border with Hungary.
The ministry said that the portion of the grant was meant for the development of modern IT-infrastructure in border guards and customs departments, to decrease the risk of flooding in cross-border zones, to improve the situation with pollution that had resulted from chemical waste deposits and discharge of waste water in the Lower Danube region, to conduct expert evaluation in order to integrate Ukrainian and Moldovan electrical systems into energy network ENTSO-E.
“Thanks to the signed agreements the EU has prolonged the following Joint Operational Programs of the Cross-Border Cooperation until December 31, 2016: ‘Romania-Ukraine-Moldova, 2007-2013’, ‘Poland-Belarus-Ukraine, 2007-2013’, ‘Hungary-Slovakia-Romania-Ukraine, 2007-2013’, ‘Black Sea Basin, 2007-2013’,” the ministry added.
