Frontier service of Ukraine has limited interaction with colleagues from Russia
The state border service of Ukraine has suspended the activities of the Council of the heads of border agencies of the CIS countries, and also severely limited interaction with the customs service of FSS of Russia, said the Director of international law Department of the state border service of Ukraine Alexander Melnikov.
" We suspended our activities in the so-called Council of the heads of border agencies of the CIS countries ", - said Melnikov at the press conference on Wednesday.
according to him, at present there are also difficult situation in the border cooperation in the black sea region, taking into account the loss of Ukraine's Crimea. Because of this, Ukraine did not want the presidency and the right to host this year's forum of the Black sea coastal security, said Melnikov. Crimea and Sevastopol became the Russian regions after the referendum in which the majority of citizens were in favour of joining the Russian Federation.
Melnikov also said that in this situation the Ukrainian border guards have limited interaction on a number of issues with Russian colleagues, for example suspended the exchange of information, are not subject to risk assessment. According to Melnikova, today the parties are in fact not have the same General work in the battle against cross-border crime.
" Cross-border crime operates, and against one country against another, is the classic version. This means, such cross-border crime should be opposed to cross-border interaction. Such cooperation now and in the truth there. For this reason, there are only responding to those provisions that have occurred - fire, breakouts (border), the violation of the border, " - said Melnikov.
before the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation expressed strong discontent in connection with a major complication for the last period of time, the provisions on several areas in the Russian-Ukrainian state border in the provocative actions of the Ukrainian side. Russia promised to take all necessary measures to prevent violations from Ukraine mode border with the Russian Federation in case of their continuation.
numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.
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