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October 30, Pozirk. <\/strong>Poland has postponed the opening of two border crossings with Belarus by several weeks, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski has announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe would have done this much sooner if Lithuania had not closed its own crossings with Belarus. The Lithuanians are our partners and we are in contact,\u201d Kierwi\u0144ski told Polskie Radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The border issue was raised at yesterday\u2019s meeting with the Baltic interior ministers in Gda\u0144sk. Officials also discussed it with Vilnius today by phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk had announced plans to open two additional border crossings on October 28 as he addressed a European Union event at the borders in Bia\u0142ystok, eastern Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move came as a surprise weeks after Poland shut its border completely accusing Belarus of being a source of hybrid threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The re-opening of the two border crossings, most likely Bobrowniki and Ku\u017anica, is scheduled for early November and would be a \u201ctrial\u201d run, interia.pl<\/em> reported, quoting Tusk as saying.  \u201cIf it turns out for any reason that the border needs to be closed, I will not hesitate for a moment,\u201d he added, linking such a reaction to potential security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we say that these checkpoints can be opened, it is because the border now is guarded better than ever before,\u201d he said. \u201cWe can take a certain risk linked to its opening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Poland operates only the Terespol-Brest checkpoint for passenger traffic and the Kukuryki-Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy for cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bobrowniki crossing has remained closed since February 2023. Warsaw made its reopening conditional on the release of Polish minority activist Andrzej Poczobut, sentenced in Belarus to eight years in prison in a case widely regarded as politically motivated. Ku\u017anica was closed in 2021 over the irregular migration crisis, which Warsaw regards as a hybrid attack by Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland to reopen two Belarus border crossings next month, PM says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 30, Pozirk. Poland has postponed the opening of two border crossings with Belarus by several weeks, Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski has announced. \u201cWe would have done this much sooner if Lithuania had not closed its own crossings with Belarus. The Lithuanians are our partners and we are in contact,\u201d Kierwi\u0144ski told Polskie Radio. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":162261,"template":"","rubric":[16,30,15],"class_list":["post-162265","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPoland postpones reopening of two checkpoints | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 30, Pozirk. 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