European Days of Good Neighbourhood in Volyn – this year's results and plans for the future

The meeting program includes: • a meeting to summarize the results of the European Days of Good Neighborliness "Border 835" in Krechiv-Kryliv, discussion of plans for organizing Days of Good Neighborliness in Volyn next year; • a press conference of the organizers of the Days of Good Neighborliness on the results of the meeting; • presentation of commendations from the organizers to representatives of authorities and organizations that contributed most to the implementation of the events; • a reception.

Invited to participate in the meeting: Eduard Stoyev - deputy head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Andriy Lomaha - head of the Department of International Cooperation and European Integration of the Regional State Administration Tomasz Janik - Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Lutsk Yuriy Lobach - head of the Ivanychi District State Administration Ivan Hromyk - deputy head of the Ivanychi District Council Viktor Sapozhnikov - Novovolynsk city mayor Andriy Bura - head of the Lviv Border Detachment Vitaliy Gorshkov - deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Volyn Oblast Mariya Andrushko - deputy general director of Volyn Oblast State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company

The press conference will begin at 12:00 in the conference hall of the "Ukraine" hotel.

For reference: One of the main goals of holding the Days of Good Neighborliness "Border 835" is to popularize the idea of an "open border" and to lobby for the creation of a new border crossing point in Ivanychi district near the city of Novovolynsk. It is known that the number of border crossings on the Ukrainian-Polish border is tens of times smaller than on the corresponding section of the Polish-German border. In Volyn there are only two border crossing points with the EU. This is clearly not enough for the full development of partnership relations with the member states of the European Union. Therefore, representatives of the local authorities of Ivanychi district and the city of Novovolynsk and their Polish colleagues during this year's events at the border declared their readiness to strive for the creation of the Krechiv-Kryliv crossing. Representatives of public organizations also expressed support for this initiative.

Press center of EDD "Border 835" e-mail: kordon835.zmi@gmail.com Mariya Domanska tel. 093 873 72 80