{"id":88796,"date":"2024-06-04T15:34:24","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88796\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"poland-not-planning-to-open-bobrowniki-crossing-foreign-minister","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/88796\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland not planning to open Bobrowniki crossing &#8211; foreign minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobrowniki-granica-tvn24.pl-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(tvn24.pl)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 4, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Poland will not reopen a key border crossing amid tension with Belarus, <em>PAP<\/em> reported citing Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The remark came a week after, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Bobrowniki, also known as Bierastavica, could be reopened to &#8220;unblock an important part of Polish small and medium-sized business.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he added that he would consult military and border commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland closed Bobrowniki indefinitely in February 2023 shortly after Belarus sentenced journalist and Polish minority activist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two checkpoints remain open at the Belarusian-Polish border: Brest for passenger traffic and Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy for freight traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday, Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said attempts to cross the border from Belarus illegally doubled compared with last year, pointing out migrants&#8217; growing hostility &#8220;towards soldiers and officers.&#8221;<\/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\">EU stops 424 illegal migrants at Belarus border on weekend<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 3, Pozirk. 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