June 18, 2022, 18:18

Announcement for Media!

Dear colleagues, you are invited to attend the opening of the Krakovets–Korczowa border checkpoint upgraded under the Open Border Project on June 20, 2022.

The Open Border project aims to eliminate bottlenecks at the western border and improve logistics in both directions between Ukraine and Poland/EU; the project was initiated within the scope of arrangements made by Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, and Andrzej Duda, President of Poland.

The work to increase the throughput of the checkpoint started two weeks ago. The number of truck lanes was increased from 4 to 10; additional pavilions were installed for customs and immigration control. The throughput is expected to increase by 50 to 100%.

Speakers:

Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Michał Dworczyk, Chief of the Chancery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

Mustafa Nayyem, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine

Maksym Kozytskyy, Head of Lviv Oblast Military Administration

For the accreditation, representatives of the Ukrainian media are requested to e-mail the 1st page of the national ID and the media ID; representatives of the foreign media are additionally requested to also e-mail the accreditation by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to [email protected]

For your attention! Media representatives are not expected to cross the border.

Contact person: Ivan Bondar, +380672309061

[email protected]

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