{"id":99068,"date":"2024-08-05T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T08:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99068\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"border-committee-reports-large-queues-at-belarus-eu-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/99068\/","title":{"rendered":"Border committee reports large queues at Belarus-EU border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 5, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> As of 8 am this morning, 2,846 vehicles, including 2,050 trucks, 720 cars and 76 buses, have been waiting at Belarusian border checkpoints to enter the European Union, the State Border Committee reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most cars were recorded at the Belarusian-Polish border in Brest and the Belarusian-Lithuanian border in Kamienny \u0141oh: 400 and 200, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian border guards regularly blame their EU counterparts, especially Lithuanians, of slow clearance of cargo traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Lithuania closed its \u0160umskas and Tvere\u010dius checkpoints, and in March 2024, Lavori\u0161k\u0117s and Raigardas, leaving only Medininkai and \u0160al\u010dininkai to handle the cross-border traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vilnius cited national security, smuggling and international sanctions as the reasons. Latvia also closed the Silene border crossing at its shared border with Belarus indefinitely, citing concerns about illegal migration. The move left Paternieki as the only operating checkpoint between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2023, shortly after Belarus had sentenced Poczobut to eight years in prison in a criminal case widely seen as politically motivated, Poland closed the Bobrowniki border crossing indefinitely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only two checkpoints remain open at the Belarusian-Polish border: Brest for passenger traffic and Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy for cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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