After making a political decision to create such a platform, it will take several months to develop it, after which it will have to be tested. This opinion was expressed on Monday, June 12, in the air of one of the Ukrainian TV channels, the head of the department Pavel Klimkin.

At the same time, he noted that the main control should be on the border, and as visas become obsolete and depart, a different approach is needed. First, we now have biometric passports and must move to the fact that people travel only on biometric passports. The second point is when people go to many countries and on the Internet report that they, say, travel in five days, and so, in fact, Russian citizens should also go to Ukraine. This should not have been absolutely uncontrollable, "the minister explained his position.

At the same time, Klimkin stressed that visas for Russians could have been introduced for a long time, but the question arises of the inhabitants of the Crimea, which the occupation authorities can force "to make a visa to their own country".

Also, citizens of Ukraine live on the territory of Russia, and if the visa regime is introduced, the Russian authorities may pressure them to change their citizenship, the minister said, adding that the goal should be simple - to close the border, but in such a way that it was not a political appeal , And that the border was closed and that it did not damage the Ukrainians.

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, previously Klimkin said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is preparing to introduce a visa regime in the Russian Federation. If the parliament approves the relevant decision, the ministry will be ready to implement it, the minister assured..