Hungary and Ukraine sign agreement on opening new border crossing point

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said Hungary and Ukraine have signed an agreement on opening a new border crossing point between Nagyhódos in Hungary and Velyka Palad’ (Nagypalád) in Ukraine. The new crossing station will be the sixth between the two countries. The minister noted his phone talks last month with Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president’s office, that led to the agreement on the new border crossing as well as an agreement to allow cross-border freight traffic at Beregsurány. The agreement on the Nagyhódos-Velyka Palad crossing point was signed this week by Oleksandr Kubrakov, Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, and Hungary’s ambassador to Kyiv, Minister Szijjártó said.