Belarus–Ukraine border
Belarusian-Ukrainian border is the state border between Belarus and Ukraine with a length of about 1084 km and completely situated in a region of Polesia. It starts from the triple junction with Poland[1] to the west and stretches to the triple junction with Russia[2] to the east.
History
The modern state of the border is dated to September 1939 after the Soviet invasion of Poland, when according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, West Belarus was annexed to the Belorussian SSR and Western Ukraine to the Ukrainian SSR.
However, the border has historical roots. The border was similar between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland according to the Union of Lublin. After the partition of Poland, the boundary was similar, with Grodno and Minsk province on the one hand and Volyn and Kiev on the other.
In the first half of the 20th century, the western border shared similar Poliske and Volyn province of interwar Polish Republic, and in the east - Soviet republics BSSR and USSR.
First, the border between the Soviet republics was recognized by the Treaty between the USSR and BSSR from December 12, 1990.
Status of the state border with Ukraine was given by the Supreme Soviet of Belarus of 11 June 1993, but there is an international agreement between Belarus and Ukraine, in which they mutually recognize the border BSSR and USSR recognized in 1990.
To date, the border is governed by the Agreement between Belarus and Ukraine on friendship, good neighborliness and the cooperation of 17 June 1995, the Treaty on the State Border between Belarus and Ukraine on 12 May 1997 in the same year was ratified by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and in 2010 the National Assembly of Belarus, but the parties still have not exchanged instruments of ratification.
According to Chairman of the State Border Committee of Belarus, Igor Raczkowski, work on border demarcation may continue up to 10 years and require 51 billion rubles.[3]
Demarcation of the border began with the 13 November 2013 inauguration of the first border sign in the place of convergence of state borders of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.[4]
References
- ↑ Note: See also Category:Belarus–Poland border and Category:Poland–Ukraine border
- ↑ Note: See also Belarus–Russia border and Poland–Russia border
- ↑ Екатерина Нечаева. Для демаркации белорусско-украинской границы потребуется до десяти лет // BELTA, January 19, 2010
- ↑ Торжественно открыт первый пограничный знак