{"id":162348,"date":"2025-10-30T18:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T15:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162348\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"poland-to-reopen-belarus-border-crossings-in-mid-november-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/162348\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland to reopen Belarus border crossings in mid-November \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 30, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Poland will reopen border crossings on the shared border with Belarus in mid-November, Polish government spokesman Adam Sz\u0142apka said, citing agreements reached by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and his Lithuanian counterpart Inga Ruginien\u0117.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, Ruginien\u0117 said that Warsaw would \u201cdefinitely coordinate\u201d with Vilnius its plans to open two crossings on the border with Belarus following the recent Lithuanian border closure until November 30 over an influx of cigarette-smuggling balloons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski confirmed that Warsaw postponed the opening of two border crossings by several weeks. \u201cWe would have done this much sooner if Lithuania had not closed its own crossings with Belarus. The Lithuanians are our partners and we are in contact,\u201d he told Polskie Radio<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tusk announced plans to open two additional border crossings on October 28 in a surprise move weeks after Poland shut its border completely, accusing Belarus of being a source of hybrid threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The re-opening of the two border crossings, most likely Bobrowniki and Ku\u017anica, was originally scheduled for early November as a trial. \u201cIf it turns out for any reason that the border needs to be closed, I will not hesitate for a moment,\u201d Tusk added, linking such a reaction to potential security concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Currently, Poland operates only the Terespol-Brest checkpoint for passenger traffic and the Kukuryki-Kaz\u0142ovi\u010dy for cargoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bobrowniki crossing has remained closed since February 2023. Warsaw made its reopening conditional on the release of Polish minority activist Andrzej Poczobut, sentenced in Belarus to eight years in prison in a case widely regarded as politically motivated. Ku\u017anica was closed in 2021 over the irregular migration crisis, which Warsaw regards as a hybrid attack by Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusians wishing to enter the European Union are now limited to two border crossings \u2014 Brest and Hryharo\u016d\u0161\u010dyna, located on the border with Latvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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