{"id":154999,"date":"2025-09-11T22:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T19:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154999\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"russia-urges-warsaw-to-cancel-belarus-border-closure","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154999\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia urges Warsaw to cancel Belarus border closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on Warsaw to consider the implications of its \u201cdestructive steps\u201d and reverse the decision to close all checkpoints on the border with Belarus, including road and rail ones, from Friday midnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said the Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad-2025 is only a formal reason for the closure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is obvious that the confrontational steps taken by the Polish leadership pursue only one task\u2014to justify the policy of further escalation in the center of Europe,\u201d Zakharova said in a statement tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Moscow&#8217;s view, \u201cPoland\u2019s unilateral actions will cause serious damage to its international partners who use the Polish-Belarusian border for trade. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs from countries allied to Poland and its own businesses will fall victim to the political ambitions of the current government in Warsaw.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk officials rush to clear traffic ahead of Polish border closure<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 11, Pozirk. Belarusian customs officers have processed about 1,000 Belarus-bound passenger vehicles at the Brest-Terespol border checkpoint in the past 24 hours, the State Customs Committee (SCC) reports. &nbsp; The checkpoint is expected to close at midnight, following Warsaw\u2019s &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154824\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11, Pozirk. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on Warsaw to consider the implications of its \u201cdestructive steps\u201d and reverse the decision to close all checkpoints on the border with Belarus, including road and rail ones, from Friday midnight. 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