BREST, 25 September (BelTA) - In the early hours of 25 September, Poland began allowing vehicles into its territory following the reopening of border checkpoints with Belarus, BleTA has learned.
Belarusian border guards started allowing vehicles into the territory of the Brest border checkpoint at 23:00 on September 24. After completing the necessary clearance procedures, buses and passenger cars proceeded onto the bridge to await entry into Poland. Exactly at 1:00 a.m. Belarusian time, the first vehicles crossed the state border from the Belarusian side, with Polish authorities letting them through into their territory.
On 23 September, the State Border Committee of Belarus received an official notification from the Border Guard of the Republic of Poland about the reopening of the checkpoints on the Belarusian-Polish border, which were closed almost two weeks ago, at 01:00 on 25 September (Belarusian time). At that time, Polish border guards had erected barriers on the bridge leading to the Brest checkpoint using concrete blocks, anti-tank obstacles, barbed wire, and metal shields. During the day of 24 September, Polish border guards removed the barbed wire and began dismantling heavy engineering structures that required special equipment, leaving only metal shields on the bridge over the Bug River. Their removal began closer to 1:00 a.m. on 25 September (Belarusian time), thereby reopening the border between Poland and Belarus.
Photos by Violetta Yuzhakova/BelTA
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