Minsk 20:39

Poland curbs road traffic with Belarus

February 20, BPN. Poland blocks traffic for Belarusian lorries at the Kukuryki-Kazłovičy border checkpoint on February 21, the Polish interior ministry has said.

The decision by Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński comes in response to restrictions imposed by the Belarusian authorities on Polish carriers.

After a Belarusian court sentenced Polish minority activist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pačobut) to eight years in prison in early February, Poland closed the key Bobrowniki road checkpoint, and Belarus restricted traffic for Polish lorries and tractor trucks to the Polish section of the border.

Belarus is also expected to expel a liaison officer of the Polish Border Guard and two Polish consuls.

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