{"id":45758,"date":"2023-02-17T21:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarus-demands-that-poland-slash-staff-at-hrodna-consulate\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarus-demands-that-poland-slash-staff-at-hrodna-consulate","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45758\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus demands that Poland slash staff at Hrodna consulate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 17, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Belarusian foreign ministry says it has summoned Polish Charge d\u2019Affaires Krzysztof O\u017canna to inform him \u201cin a civilized manner\u201d about a response to Warsaw\u2019s \u201cinhuman unilateral decision\u201d to block traffic at the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki border crossing.<\/p>\n<p> According to the ministry\u2019s press office, the diplomat was informed about changes in the rules of movement of Polish lorries and tractor trucks across the border with Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThey will now be able to enter and leave Belarus through any freight checkpoint, but only on the Belarusian-Polish section of the border,\u201d the foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Poland is obliged to reduce the staff of the Consulate General in Hrodna \u201cto match the staff in Belarus\u2019 Consulate General in Bia\u0142ystok.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Also, the Belarusian authorities \u201cdo not see the point in further keeping the Polish Border Service liaison officer in their territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe gave them a chance, but instead of building bridges and assistance in solving problematic issues, including for Polish carriers, their activity was actually directed in the opposite direction,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p> Last week, Warsaw closed the major crossing until further notice, citing security interests.<\/p>\n<p>This came after a Belarusian court sentenced a reporter of Polish origin, Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut), to eight years\u2019 imprisonment. The Polish Sejm called the sentence \u201cthe culmination of the Belarusian authorities\u2019 repression against the Polish minority in Belarus that has been ongoing since early 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 17, BPN. The Belarusian foreign ministry says it has summoned Polish Charge d\u2019Affaires Krzysztof O\u017canna to inform him \u201cin a civilized manner\u201d about a response to Warsaw\u2019s \u201cinhuman unilateral decision\u201d to block traffic at the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki border crossing. According to the ministry\u2019s press office, the diplomat was informed about changes in the rules of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45758","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus demands that Poland slash staff at Hrodna consulate | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 17, BPN. 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