{"id":97432,"date":"2024-07-25T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T11:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"warsaw-urges-minsk-to-release-poczobut-ease-tensions-at-shared-border","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/","title":{"rendered":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Polish foreign ministry)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has told <em>RMF24<\/em>, following yesterday\u2019s reports of ongoing negotiations of Poczobut&#8217;s release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities are aware of the steps they have to take to improve their relations with Warsaw, he said, noting that they \u201cdo not behave like good neighbors,\u201d playing around with illegal migrant flows at the shared border based on certain &#8220;political instructions&#8221; from Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The diplomat linked the recent decrease in the number of illegal border crossings to Beijing&#8217;s concerns over the impact of the migration crisis on its trade with the European Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus should stop training foreigners, who try to cross into Poland illegally and attack Polish border guards, Sikorki stressed, reiterating that Poland may decide to seal its border with Belarus if needed.<\/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\/02\/mid-polshi-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mid-polshi-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mid-polshi-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mid-polshi-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mid-polshi-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mid-polshi-1128.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Warsaw outlines steps for Minsk to ease tensions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 18, Pozirk. Warsaw expects Minsk to take the first step to defuse tension by halting &quot;hybrid attacks at the border,&quot; said Pawe\u0142 Wro\u0144ski, spokesman at the Polish foreign ministry. Minsk can identify the person who stabbed Polish soldier Mateusz &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/96260\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Rados\u0142aw Sikorski has told RMF24, following yesterday\u2019s reports of ongoing negotiations of Poczobut&#8217;s release. Belarusian authorities are aware of the steps they have to take to improve their relations with Warsaw, he said, noting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55527,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-97432","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","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>Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pozirk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"744\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"496\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Pozirk_online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\"},\"headline\":\"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-25T11:01:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\",\"name\":\"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-25T11:01:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00\",\"description\":\"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg\",\"width\":744,\"height\":496},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Pozirk\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Pozirk\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk","description":"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk","og_description":"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister","og_url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/","og_site_name":"Pozirk","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","article_modified_time":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":744,"height":496,"url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@Pozirk_online","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/"},"headline":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border","datePublished":"2024-07-25T11:01:26+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/"},"wordCount":157,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/","name":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border | Pozirk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-25T11:01:26+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06+00:00","description":"July 25, Pozirk. Detention of journalist Andrzej Poczobut (Andrej Pa\u010dobut) in a Belarusian prison is unacceptable for Poland, Polish Foreign Minister","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sikorski_MSZ_Polska_744-2.jpg","width":744,"height":496},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/97432\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Warsaw urges Minsk to release Poczobut, ease tensions at shared border"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","name":"Pozirk","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#organization","name":"Pozirk","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/cropped-Logo_color_512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Pozirk"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pozirkonline\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Pozirk_online"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/97432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rubric","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rubric?post=97432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}