The Moldovan carriers will be able to stay for over 90 days on the territory of Ukraine without violating the migration legislation. A protocol to the agreement on international road communication between the Government of Moldova and the Government of Ukraine, which was signed on March 20, 1993, was signed on the sidelines of the GUAM Summit held in Chisinau on October 5, IPN reports.
The signing of the protocol was preceded by an extended format meeting of the delegations of the two states and was followed by a news conference given by the Prime Minister of Moldova Pavel Filip and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Groysman.
Pavel Filip said the extension of the period of stay is designed to support the passenger carriers that repeatedly requested to solve the given problem that endangers their activity. In the meeting, the sides noted the significant progress made in the political and economic sectors, with concrete actions being taken in the recent past.
As to other existing problems, the Premier said not all the frontier posts at the border with Ukraine have common checkpoints yet. The functioning of the Dnestrovsk hydroelectric power station is also being discussed and it was agreed that solutions in this regard will be identified by this yearend.
For his part, Volodymyr Groysman noted that a series of problems that were earlier identified as part of the bilateral dialogue were solved in a very short period of time. Priority will be now given to the Dnestrovsk hydroelectric power station that causes ecological problems to both of the states. The Moldovan-Ukrainian economic relations continue to develop and the sides agreed to further intensify them and to implement projects for the citizens’ benefit. The same approach will be adopted to the security in the region, with emphases on the observance of the territorial sovereignty of the states.
Moldova on October 5 hosted the meeting of heads of government of the member states of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) that includes Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. This year Moldova has held the presidency of GUAM.
