To ensure the implementation of the visa
liberalization action plan with the European Union Ukraine joined INTERPOL
databases. From now on persons who are included in the INTERPOL databases won’t
be able to cross the state border of Ukraine and will be detained by Ukrainian
border guards. This was announced by Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy
Yatsenyuk during his visit of the State Border Service of Ukraine at the Boryspilcheckpoint
of the state border of Ukraine on Thursday, August 20.
The Premier got familiarized with the
functioning of INTERPOL databases, the networks of the State Border Service
operating in the first and second border control line are connected to.
He noted that in the framework of execution of
measures on visa regime liberalization Ukraine should do "a lot of
technical work to provide Ukrainian citizens with the right to travel free to
the member countries of the European Union, to the Schengen area".
"So, what is happening at Boryspil airport today is one of the
core technical conditions required from Ukraine to advance in the issue of visa
liberalization", said Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
According to the Head of the Government, to have
an access to the INTERPOL databases to check passports of those crossing the
Ukrainian state border was among principal requirements of our European
partners: "To control travel of wanted persons".
"Finally, for the first time in 20 years,
we have got access directly to INTERPOL databases. And now any person subject
to request for international police is checked by the State Border Service of
Ukraine - information is obtained from the INTERPOL databases. If such a person
is in the international search, he is subject to a second line check and
appropriate procedural steps".
On August 24 Ukraine drop the CIS criminal
search database system, because Moscow hadn’t not fulfilled any procedural
orders. "And our connection to INTERPOL databases means that we have now
become part of a single Criminal Information System", stressed the Head of
Government.
Moreover, he noted that time required for
citizens of the Ukrainian state border to cross border was significantly cut:
"We started when two years ago to cross the state border it took at least
two minutes. Given new technical opportunities of the State Border Service and
the introduction of the non-contact authentication method, when the passport is
checked by an electronic system, the guard immediately receives appropriate
data, so this time is reduced from 2 minutes to a minimum of 10 seconds".
Arseniy Yatsenyuk personally checked the work of
the automated system for verification of documents. It took a few seconds to
scan the passport and have passport control.
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