Poland decided to finally close the border for Belarusian trucks

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The head of the Ministry of the Interior and the Administration, Mariusz Kaminsky, decided to limit the movement of Belarusian trucks at the border crossing of Kukuryki-Kozlovichi.

The restriction will enter into force from 19:00 on February 21 and will act until the Belarusian authorities will remove restrictions for Polish carriers, ”the Polish department reports .

Kukuryki -Kozlovichi - the last working checkpoint on the border of Poland and Belarus, accessible to trucks. And the only border crossing on the Polish-Belarusian border will remain the passenger crossing Terespol-Brest.

Since February 21, Belarusian trucks will be able to get from Poland to Belarus through Lithuania and Latvia, noted in the Polish ministry. The restrictions do not apply to passenger transport, which can cross the border through the Terespol-Brest checkpoint.

On February 20, a 60-kilometer queue from trucks arose near the border point of Kukuryki-Kozlovichi, with reference to the Polish Union of Crazchiki, RIA Novosti reported . A day earlier, the queue of trucks on the border of Poland with Belarus stretched 37 km.

• On February 10, Poland "in the interests of state security" closed the Bobrovniki Border checkpoint, which was considered the largest on the border with Belarus.
• In response, the Government of Belarus limited the passage of Polish trucks through the checkpoints on the border with Latvia and Lithuania. According to the resolution, the movement of trucks and tractors registered in Poland will be carried out only through the Belarusian-Polish section of the border.