{"id":94972,"date":"2024-07-11T15:55:36","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94972\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"most-poles-support-closure-of-railway-link-with-belarus-survey","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94972\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Poles support severing railway link with Belarus \u2013 survey"},"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\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/zheleznaja_doroga_benjamin_wagner_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Benjamin Wagner \/ unsplash.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> About 72 percent of Poles approve of the idea of closing all railway checkpoints at the border with Belarus, found a recent survey, <em>interia.pl<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 13.2 percent of respondents rejected it, while about 15 percent found it difficult to answer the question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Market and Social Studies interviewed 1,070 respondents from July 5 to 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Passenger rail service between Poland and Belarus was suspended in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has not been resumed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cargos are transported by rail via the Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy checkpoint handling all freight traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 4, the major Polish customs terminal in Ma\u0142aszewicze stopped processing rail cargo from Belarus for 33 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Polish Customs Service cited planned measures to protect the European Union from the entry of dangerous goods and substances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customs officers reportedly &#8220;thoroughly inspected&#8221; freight transported from China via Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>RMF <\/em>quoted an unnamed Polish diplomat as saying that Warsaw signaled to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka its ability to legally block rail traffic from Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poland may consider blocking the cross-border cargo traffic over Minsk\u2019s role in the illegal migration crisis, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski said earlier.<\/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\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/latushko_screen_youtube.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141atu\u0161ka: Border closure for cargo traffic would force Minsk to make concessions to Poland<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 10, Pozirk. The Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka regime would be hit hard by the closure of all cargo border crossings by Poland, Pavie\u0142 \u0141atu\u0161ka, a Warsaw-based Belarusian opposition politician has told Pozirk. Only then it would make concessions, he noted, commenting &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/94813\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, Pozirk. About 72 percent of Poles approve of the idea of closing all railway checkpoints at the border with Belarus, found a recent survey, interia.pl reported. Only 13.2 percent of respondents rejected it, while about 15 percent found it difficult to answer the question. 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