Border crossings in Bobrowniki and Kuźnica Białostocka were opened on Monday. The government is to monitor the safety functioning of these points. Previously Prime Minister Donald Tusk stressed that this step was a consequence to the needs of the people of Podlasie and can be afforded for the sake of the safety measures taken.
On border with Belarus open to passenger traffic were previously the Terespol-Brzeście border crossing, and for the heavy-duty Corn-Kozłowiecie crossing. Rail crossings for freight traffic are besides open: Kuźnica Białostocka-Grodno, Siemianówka-Swisłocz and Terespol-Brzeście. The readiness to resume movement at 2 border crossing points in Bobrowniki and Kuźnica Białostocka was announced in October by Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He then pointed out that the beginning would take place on trial, after consulting Lithuania.
Border with Belarus. 2 points have been launched
On Friday, during the conference, the Prime Minister informed that the decision to open border crossings was linked to the situation of the people of Podlasie, especially close the border, who "carrying dense loads with the aggressive policy of Belarus on the border".
He noted that the decision was consulted together with the head of the Ministry of abroad Affairs Marcin Kierwiński and Deputy Prime Minister, Head of MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish.
- We have sealed the borders so that the hazard of illegal passage is limited to absolute minimum. There is close to 100 percent effectiveness of detentions of those who want to cross the Polish border illegally. This is the safest, best protected border in Europe today. I'm convinced of that. We put quite a few effort into it, money - said the Prime Minister.
Open crossing the border with Belarus
On Monday, according to the Ministry of abroad Affairs Regulation, border traffic at these 2 road border crossing points was resumed.
Transition Borage-Bierestowice was opened with a regulation for freight traffic - only for vehicles registered in the associate States of the European Union, the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) - parties to the Agreement on the European economical Area and the Swiss Confederation - and passenger traffic, including coaches.
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By contrast, the border crossing Whitestock-Bruzgi Forge was opened with a regulation to passenger traffic - excluding bus traffic.
"Projected activities aim to resume the movement of people and goods, which responds to the expectations of the social side, in peculiar a large group of entrepreneurs, carriers and people travelling to Poland from Belarus" - was written in the explanatory memorandum of the draft regulation.
Limit crossing points open for testing
In a Friday communication, the Ministry of Interior stressed that "the government will monitor the functioning of both border crossing points for safety and if it considers that there are risks involved, it will consider re-closure".
Press spokesperson for the Belarusian MFA Ruslan Warankov stated that the regulation on resuming border traffic "is only the first step towards development" of the cooperation of both countries. - I'm sorry. We are convinced that Poland's decision is only the first step towards the improvement of our bilateral cooperation. Experience shows that the improvement of human contacts, and sometimes even earlier, inevitably leads to a deepening of political cooperation - he said.
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There are a full of six border crossing points with Belarus throughout national roads. 2 of them (at DK63 in Sławatycze, DK66 in Polowce) stay closed. The transition in the Polowces was closed in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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