{"id":45780,"date":"2023-02-20T17:21:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarus-to-expel-two-polish-diplomats-border-guards-liaison-officer\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarus-to-expel-two-polish-diplomats-border-guards-liaison-officer","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45780\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus to expel two Polish diplomats, Border Guard\u2019s liaison officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 20, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Belarusian authorities have decided to slash Poland\u2019s diplomatic presence in their country, a spokesman for the Polish foreign ministry has told <span>Onet.pl<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cA liaison officer of the Polish Border Guard will leave Belarus by Wednesday evening. Two Polish consuls in Hrodna will probably also be expelled,\u201d \u0141ukasz Jasina said.<\/p>\n<p> Unofficial reports suggest that the Polish government discusses a possible reaction to the Belarusian regime\u2019s decision, <span>Onet.pl<\/span> wrote. It is possible that Poland will also expel some of the Belarusian diplomats, it added. <\/p>\n<p> On February 17, the Belarusian foreign ministry said it summoned Polish Charge d\u2019Affaires Krzysztof O\u017canna to inform him about a response to Warsaw\u2019s \u201cinhuman unilateral decision\u201d to block traffic at the Bierastavica-Bobrowniki border crossing.<\/p>\n<p> The diplomat was told 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 Belarusian foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Poland was 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 20, BPN. The Belarusian authorities have decided to slash Poland\u2019s diplomatic presence in their country, a spokesman for the Polish foreign ministry has told Onet.pl. \u201cA liaison officer of the Polish Border Guard will leave Belarus by Wednesday evening. Two Polish consuls in Hrodna will probably also be expelled,\u201d \u0141ukasz Jasina said. Unofficial reports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45780","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 to expel two Polish diplomats, Border Guard\u2019s liaison officer | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 20, BPN. 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