The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine is ready for the entry into force of the visa-free regime with the European Union and expects on the first day of its operation an increase in passenger traffic by 30%.

"As for our forecasts and expectations on June 11, we have studied the experience of our Moldovan and Georgian colleagues. Of course, it is different, because Georgia does not have car checkpoints with the EU, plus our countries have different numbers of people. But in general, taking into account the capabilities of the checkpoints and taking into account the summer period, we expect that passenger traffic on the first day may increase by 30%, and in the future - by 10-15%, "- said the head of the frontier of Ukraine Viktor Nazarenko.

He noted that to date the State Border Service has taken a number of measures and is ready to enter into force of the visa-free regime. "Our service as a whole has fulfilled the whole range of tasks that were defined by the plan for the liberalization of the visa regime for Ukrainian citizens. There were corresponding instructions from the president and the government. We conducted the work in three directions, "Nazarenko said..

The first, he said, is improving the quality of border control quality at checkpoints, the second is further integration of the State Border Service into the common European security system, the third is the training of personnel.

"We will increase shifts and outfits, we will carry out relevant work with our related services and colleagues. By the way, we have taken the initiative that the European border organization FRONTEX, from June 10, delegated its representatives to the checkpoints on the border with the EU countries and at the air checkpoints, "the head of the frontier department.

He said that all checkpoints are equipped with biometric monitoring tools, connected to the Interpol database, personnel are trained, including language training.