MINSK, 11 September (BelTA) – Twelve hours before Polish checkpoints are scheduled to close, an estimated 2,000 vehicles are waiting in line to enter Poland, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee.
“Today, the State Border Committee received an official notification from the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland regarding the closure of the remaining operational international checkpoints on the Belarus-Poland border, effective from 1:00 a.m. on 12 September, Belarusian time. As of 12:00 p.m., there are 1,600 cars, 300 trucks, and 70 buses queued in front of the Terespol (adjacent to Brest) and Kukuryki (adjacent to Kozlovichi) border crossings. The Polish side has undertaken to provide additional information concerning the resumption of the checkpoints’ operations,” the Belarusian border agency said.
The busiest route for passenger transport runs through the Terespol crossing. Its control services have fulfilled only 26% of their transit quota.
There are 400 cars waiting to enter Lithuania in front of the Medininkai (Kamenny Log) and Salcininkai (Benyakoni) checkpoints. The bordering side has accepted 51% of the norm for passenger cars into its territory.
The largest number of trucks, 300 vehicles, are queued to enter Poland at the Kukuryki crossing. Polish control services have processed 63% of the norm for heavy goods vehicles over the past 24 hours.
The control services of the Lithuanian border crossing Medininkai accepted the smallest number of trucks into their territory over a 24-hour period – just 14% of the norm. There are 380 trucks queued before the Salcininkai checkpoint, through which Lithuania has allowed 47% of the norm for Belarusian vehicles to pass.
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