{"id":114608,"date":"2024-11-20T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114608\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"queues-of-eu-bound-trucks-on-the-rise-border-committee","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/114608\/","title":{"rendered":"Queues of EU-bound trucks on the rise \u2013 border committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

November 20, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> A total of 1,550 trucks have been waiting to leave Belarus for the European Union as of 10 am this morning, 40 percent more than last month and 31 percent more than one year ago, according to Pozirk<\/em>‘s analysis of the State Border Committee’s data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of these, 800 trucks were waiting to enter Lithuania; 470 were bound for Latvia and 280 were recorded at the only operating checkpoint for trucks at the Belarusian-Polish border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, shortly after Belarus had sentenced Polish minority activist Andrzej Poczobut to eight years in prison in a criminal case widely seen as politically motivated, Poland closed the Bobrowniki border crossing indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only two checkpoints remain open at the Belarusian-Polish border: Brest for passenger traffic and Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy for cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Lithuania also closed its \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints, and in March, Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas, leaving only Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai to handle the cross-border traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilnius cited national security, smuggling and international sanctions as the reasons. Latvia also closed the Silene border crossing at its shared border with Belarus indefinitely, citing concerns about illegal migration which has been on the rise this year. The move left Paternieki as the only operating checkpoint between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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