Espoo Convention: Ukraine and Poland Held Transboundary Consultations
On 14 January 2026, Ukraine and the Republic of Poland held transboundary consultations under the Espoo Convention with regard to the construction of Units 5 and 6 with AP1000 at Khmelnytskyi NPP site. It was an online event between Kyiv and Warsaw.
The Espoo Convention is an international agreement that obliges states to perform an environmental impact assessment of commercial projects where such projects may affect the environment of another state.
Ukraine is the party of origin of the project, while Poland is the affected party in the procedure of transboundary environmental impact assessment. During the meeting, Ukraine provided necessary documents and clarifications in response to questions from the Polish side. The parties agreed to consider the expert consultations completed based upon the results of the discussion.
Similar consultations with other affected states will be held soon.
It should be recalled that in April 2024, Ukraine officially notified six potentially affected countries about the implementation of the project, in particular, Austria, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Hungary. Five of them with Austria, Moldova, Poland, Slovakia and Romania among them expressed their willingness to participate in the consultations.
According to the Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine