{"id":156120,"date":"2025-09-18T12:27:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156120\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-seeks-chinas-involvement-in-belarus-border-closure-crisis","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/156120\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland seeks China\u2019s involvement in Belarus border closure crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

September 18, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski confirmed to journalists that the closure of Poland\u2019s border with Belarus was a key topic during his September 15 meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sikorski linked any potential reopening of the border to an end of the migration crisis, which has persisted since 2021 and is allegedly facilitated by Belarus\u2019 security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shutdown of border crossings has negatively affected China and other Asian economies, given the large volume of Chinese goods transported through Belarus to Poland and the wider European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek Polska<\/em> reported, citing a source in Poland\u2019s foreign ministry, that Wang Yi hinted that Beijing would \u201chave a frank conversation with [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka\u201d about the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since January, Belarus\u2019 western neighbors have prevented more than 35,000 irregular border crossings by third-country nationals, with nearly 70 percent of attempts directed at Poland. Warsaw, along with Latvia and Lithuania, describes the migration crisis as a \u201chybrid attack\u201d orchestrated by Minsk and Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polish foreign ministry spokesman Pawe\u0142 Wro\u0144ski stressed earlier that while Warsaw does not benefit from the closure, security takes precedence over trade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, nearly 1,500 Polish trucks remain stranded inside Belarus, unable to return home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland closed all checkpoints along its border with Belarus on September 12, citing risks associated with the Belarusian-Russian military exercise Zapad-2025, which began the same day and concluded on September 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski said that the border will reopen only once Warsaw is fully assured that Belarus poses no direct threat to Poland or its citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tensions between the two countries also remain high due to Minsk\u2019s refusal to release Polish journalist Andrzej Poczobut and the recent arrest of Grzegorz Gawe\u0142, a Polish Carmelite monk accused by Belarusian authorities of spying for Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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