Poland expels Belarusian military attaché

February 23, BPN. Poland is expelling the Belarusian military attaché, PAP reports, quoting a spokesman for the Polish foreign ministry.

“The Belarusian military attaché will leave Poland soon,” spokesman Łukasz Jasina said.

On February 21, Poland blocked traffic at the Kukuryki-Kazłovičy border checkpoint with Belarus. The decision by Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński came 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 also expelled a Polish Border Guard liaison officer and two staff members of the Polish consulate in Hrodna.