Press Release: ENP at work: Ukraine and Moldova to strengthen border cooperation

On 21 November 2006 Ukraine and Moldova will sign, in the presence of the European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, agreements which commit the two sides to step up their exchange of information on movement of goods and people across their shared border. This will improve controls on the Transnistrian section of border which cannot be adequately controlled on the Moldovan side at present. The agreements set up an automated system for exchanging pre-arrival information on cargo crossing their shared border, and for the exchange of information among border and customs services of the two countries. The agreements are the result of discussions in trilateral format with the EU, and the countries’ co-operation with the EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM).