Coordinated Romania-Moldova border controls to facilitate EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes transit

A Memorandum of Understanding on coordinated border checks at the Galați-Giurgiulești crossing between Romania and Moldova was signed today in Bucharest, paving the way for a faster transit of goods along the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes.

Coordinated checks of goods passing from Moldova to Romania will help increase efficiency at the border crossing, reducing bottlenecks for traffic coming from Moldova and Ukraine. The Commission is advancing efforts on this border crossing to strengthen the Solidarity Lanes and enhance connectivity between Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania.

Galați and Giurgiulești are situated on the Solidarity Lanes’ Danube Corridor – the busiest of the transport routes between Ukraine and the EU.  

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the presence of the Head of the EU Representation to Romania, as well as Ukrainian and US Ambassadors to Romania.

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In the face of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the EU, together with Ukraine and Moldova launched the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes in May 2022, establishing new transport routes to keep Ukraine’s imports and exports flowing via rail, road and inland waterways. Today, the EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes have become a lifeline for Ukraine’s economy. 

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