No launch date yet for eQueue booking at Slovakia's border with Ukraine

Ukraine and Slovakia have signed a Letter of Intent covering border infrastructure upgrades and the possible deployment of Ukraine's eCherha (eQueue) electronic queue system on the Slovak side of their shared border. The document was signed during intergovernmental consultations on 5 November 2026, in the presence of Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Key facts

• Signed: 5 November 2026, during Ukraine–Slovakia intergovernmental consultations
• What was signed: a Letter of Intent on border infrastructure and the eCherha (eQueue) system
• Signed by: Serhii Derkach, First Deputy Minister for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport of Ukraine, and Alena Sabelová, State Secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic for the Recovery Plan and Knowledge Economy
• Scope: border capacity, digitalised border procedures, transport connectivity and joint infrastructure projects
• Next step: a technical feasibility assessment, then a separate agreement setting out cooperation terms

What is being agreed?

The Letter of Intent sets out five areas of work: assessing whether eCherha can be deployed on the Slovak side and sharing experience in digitalising transport and customs procedures; exchanging information and best practice on managing freight and passenger flows at border crossings; setting up regular contact between the two countries' authorities; jointly seeking ways to raise the capacity of border crossing points and improve transport links; and exploring joint infrastructure projects, including funding from international partners and relevant financial instruments.

Ukraine has said it is ready to share the expertise and implementation approach behind eCherha. Serhii Derkach described Slovakia as the first country with which Ukraine has formally recorded its intentions to develop and deploy the system outside Ukraine, saying the aim is "coordinated management of transport flows on both sides of the border."

What is the eQueue system?

eCherha is Ukraine's state electronic queue management system for vehicles crossing the border. Carriers can register for a queue in advance, follow its progress and plan their arrival at a border crossing point.

The system currently operates at all border crossing points for trucks and buses leaving Ukraine, and registration in it is mandatory. Nearly 3.7 million border crossings have been completed through it so far.

What happens next?

The two sides say the next step is to assess the technical feasibility of deploying eCherha and to prepare a separate agreement setting out the terms and conditions of cooperation. No date has been announced for that assessment or for any rollout of the system in Slovakia.

Ukraine's Ministry for Recovery, Infrastructure and Transport describes the cooperation as part of wider efforts to improve transport connectivity with the European Union and make crossings of the shared border more efficient.