President of Ukraine intends to reequip state borders

At a press conference in Kyiv, Victor Yushchenko insisted that the government should reequip Ukraine’s borders. He said some of the borders were still not delimitated and reiterated that Ukraine had also failed to demarcate its border with Russia and Belarus, the President press service informed.

The Head of State said together with his Russian colleague, Vladimir Putin, they decided to formulate a plan to delimitate and demarcate the Ukrainian-Russian border. Ukraine and Belarus will also soon find ways to demarcate the border, he added.

Yushchenko said he was also negotiating the delimitation issue with Romanian President Traian Basescu.

“We are convinced that the best achievement would be to bilaterally resolve the problem,” he opined.

Then he said Ukraine had already asked the European Union to launch a project helping to modernize its western border.

“Our program is intent to actively reequip Ukrainian borders,” the President said. “We must make our borders modern and liberalize customs procedures.”